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Displaying 45 of about 78 resultsThis rapid gender analysis (RGA) is designed to provide initial information about gender roles, responsibilities, capacities and vulnerabilities of women, men, girls and boys, SOGIE and other marginalised people prior to and after TC Gita. It provides a snapshot of the different needs, capacities and coping strategies of particular groups in the affecte…
The CBEE model was developed by the ILO and introduced in Fiji as a Cash4Work Plus model after the category 5 Winston in February, 2016. Its immediate objective was to support food security and loss of income of identified village(s) through a social protection lens. It also had the ultimate objective of developing a CBEE model that could be documented…
Tropical storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana) hit the Philippines on September 26, 2009, causing widespread flooding. Ondoy, the equivalent of a Category I storm, brought an unusually high volume of rain which inundated the central part of Luzon. In turn, these intense rains generated high flooding in the Marikina River that exceeded the river’s car…
On September 29, 2009, coming from Vietnam, Typhoon Ketsana crossed the southern part of the Lao PDR before moving into Cambodia.
While sweeping through five southern provinces, the typhoon caused incredible damage and loss, affecting more than 180,000 people, or almost 30,000 households. We also deplore 28 storm-related deaths. The suffering, damage a…
Heavy precipitation totaling over 450 mm in a three-day period from November 7 to 9, 2009, with a maximum intensity of 355 mm in a five-hour period, caused landslides occurred and rivers to overflow their banks. This heavy precipitation was nearly five times the average precipitation expected for the month of November.
This assessment estimated that t…
In March 2009, flooding, caused by heavy rainfalls in the region, affected six regions in Northern Namibia (Caprivi, Kavango, Oshana, Oshikoto, Ohangwena, and Omusati). The 2009 flood is the second such event in two years, following three years of successive low-rainfall events. Flood waters surged to near record, overtopping roads and washing out local…
This chapter is part of the PDNA Guidelines Volume B for the Productive Sector. It provides guidance for those working in the Agricultural Sector on conducting a post-disaster needs assessment, including analysing the effects and impact of a disaster, identifying recovery needs and creating a recovery strategy. In this chapter, the Agricultural Sector i…
This special issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘Agriculture, Gender and COVID-19: Impact and Recovery’ and highlights how the food and livelihood security of women (especially those engaged in agriculture and allied livelihoods) have been affected by the pandemic.
his issue draws principally from the research project between IFPRI and Self-Empl…
This research aims to identify strategies for long-term recovery related to housing, livelihood, and community activities in villages divided by the dyke in Hinthada Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar, using household surveys. The results show that unprotected villages have adapted their elevated houses against floods and planted water-resistant…
On 15 November 2007 Super Cyclone SIDR, a category IV storm in the international scale, struck the Bangladesh coast and moved inland destroying infrastructure, causing numerous deaths, disrupting economic activities and affecting social conditions, especially in the poorer areas of the country. In the aftermath of the disaster it was recognized by the G…
This report provides a review and synthesis of the economic impacts of the 2019-2020 bushfires on agriculture and the wider food system. Of the more than 10 million hectares burnt in south-eastern Australia during the 2019-2020 fire season, around one-quarter was agricultural land. To assess this impact in economic terms, the researchers investigated th…
Nepal experienced incessant rainfall from August 11 to 14, 2017, resulting in widespread floods across 35 of the country’s 77 districts. Several districts experienced the heaviest rainfall in over 60 years. This led to the inundation of about 80 percent of the land in substantial parts of the Terai region. More than 190,000 houses were destroyed or part…
According to the Financing Agreement (p. 5) and the Project Appraisal Document (PAD, paragraph 30), the Project Development Objective (PDO) was "to “sustainably restore agricultural livelihoods, reconstruct critical public infrastructure to improved standards in the flood-affected districts, and improve the Government of Malawi’s disaster response and r…
This evaluation was carried out by a technical team integrated by the Government of the Dominican Republic, the World Bank, the European Union, and the Inter- American Development Bank, with the technical assistance from the United Nations Development Program. The fundamental purpose is to have reliable and timely information to guide the formulation of…
This guidance note presents UNDP's updated approach to livelihoods and economic recovery programming in Fragile and Post-Crisis/Transition Settings (FACTS). Over the years, UNDP has contributed to strengthening the livelihoods of millions of people affected by conflict and natural disasters, as well as catalyze structural transformation towards more inc…