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Displaying 15 of about 17 resultsThis guideline illustrates how to derive the financial needs for recovery and reconstruction. This is done following a sector by sector damage and loss assessment, which itemizes distribution and priority setting based on geopolitical divisions, sectors of the economy, and different population groupings in the affected area. It also explains how to form…
This paper presents a simple framework to help policy makers devise financial protection strategies against 'natural' disasters. It starts with a short analysis of the impact of disasters on government budgets and fiscal balances. It presents various instruments available to governments interested in improving their response capacity in the aftermath of…
UN-DESA policy brief no. 28:
This document addresses the challenge of sustainable reconstruction for Haiti following the earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale in early January 2010. It targets Haiti's need to rebuild its entire economy in a sustainable manner, to such an extent that it will be more resilient to future shocks and disasters and will be…
This publication is a collection of contributions from presentations given at the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2008 aimed at underlining the importance of strong links between the risk management community and the public and private sectors. The scope of this book is both to investigate the linkage between disaster risk reductio…
This guideline is for World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) entrusted with the design and execution of assessments to determine disaster impacts as well as post-disaster needs for recovery, reconstruction and disaster risk reduction or management. It is based on experience when the World Bank has led or participated in similar exercises to assist mem…
This document assesses the reasons why Haiti is considered as a fragile state and how the 2010 earthquake further weakened the Haitian institutions, increasing risks of social unrest. It addresses Haiti's vulnerability to natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, flooding, and mudslides, and reports on the assistance needs of the country in terms of di…
This book describes innovative findings of integrated river basin management with specific emphasis on flood risk reduction. It also presents the method and application of the participatory GIS and remote sensing for disaster risk assessment, which is one of the pioneering approaches in the field of flood risk and river basin management. An integrated m…
This publication is an initial step in documenting, collecting and sharing disaster recovery experiences and lessons, which also integrate disaster reduction initiatives aimed at reducing the womens' vulnerability. It draws from documented experiences, of past and present recovery efforts, collected through a desk review and consultations with relevant…
This policy brief presents the Haiti earthquake as an opportunity to correct past mistakes and promote a more strategic and inclusive policy vision aiming to move the Haitian economy from recovery to a more sustainable economic growth and development path. It argues that a new approach is needed for Haiti’s reconstruction and long-term economic developm…
This document describes the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) support to disaster risk management, including major financing for post-disaster recovery, investments in preventing and mitigating disaster impacts and analytical work for improving disaster risk management. Its aim is to support effective recovery, and to make disaste…
This document reviews how Nicaragua has recovered from Hurricane Mitch over the past ten years. The focus is on how relevant the assumptions and claims that were made in the initial recovery planning have been in light of subsequent development.
The findings suggest that the links between recovery and vulnerability reduction cannot be found in the sear…
This paper addresses multi-donor trust funds as important instruments for resource mobilization, policy dialogue, and risk and information management in order to enhance aid effectiveness by reducing transaction costs and by mitigating the high risk levels inherent in post-crisis situations.
A pilot study:
This report, commissioned under ALNAP's Humanitarian Performance Project, aims to provide a system-level mapping and assessment of international humanitarian assistance. It cites that current efforts to increase humanitarian engagement and investment in disaster risk reduction (DRR) should reap future benefits in terms of improved prepar…
This toolkit consists of seven independent guides and an accompanying set of tools for each guide. Each guide is written in a question and answer format that introduces a core subject related to the ILO’s response to a natural disaster or post-conflict situation. The tools consist of additional readings, original source documents, ILO circulars, UN reso…
Volume 2 guides the sectoral assessment team through the steps of conducting a Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA), and includes sample templates for determining damage and losses in each sector. It describes simplified procedures for estimating the value of destroyed physical assets and of changes or losses in the flows of the affected economy.
The…