Climate change governance poses particular challenges for citizen engagement in decision making and policy processes. Climate risk management and governance are affected by challenges of uncertain (and...
Marginalized groups such as elders suffer disproportionately from disasters and are typically considered vulnerable and in need of protection. Elders in particular are often marginalized both socially...
Through the Inclusive Community Resilience (ICR) initiative, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) taps into grassroots expertise in disaster risk management and promotes scalable...
This paper aims to contribute to learning on community engagement and community driven development (CDD) in urban areas. Specifically, the review describes the World Bank’s use of participatory and CDD...
This paper is part of a larger effort to document, assess, and promote scalable models and approaches to empower poor communities to manage a climate and disaster risk agenda in support of their development...
As in every disaster, certain groups were more vulnerable than others to the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). Two-thirds of those who lost their lives were over 60 years old. Response...
Although the education sector sustained considerable damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), it also played a key role in protecting lives. Importantly, it provided both civil protection hardware...
In 2012, Mali joined the Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) trust fund program, the goal of which is to help countries improve their capacity to design, carry out, analyze, and use assessments...
Although the education sector sustained considerable damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), it also played a key role in protecting lives. Importantly, it provided both civil protection 'hardware'...
Local communities play a key role in preparing for disastrous events such as the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), and are normally the first responders to take action. On March 11, 2011, Community-Based...
Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in economic losses each year around the world. Many...
The World Bank's Hazard Management Unit (formerly the Disaster Management Facility), in partnership with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Capital Development Fund, has taken on an initiative...
The Honduras study was conducted during September and October 2002 as part of the lessons learned after major natural disasters review of five countries, carried out by the ProVention Consortium. It comprised...
Disaster impacts are increasing in severity, and affect communities far beyond the areas of geographic impact as regions are linked in new ways. While industrialized countries may register higher economic...
This review is one of a series of field-based country studies assessing the Bank's recent experiences with post-conflict reconstruction. Other studies in this series include Bosnia and Herzegovina and...
This review is one of a series of field-based country studies assessing the Bank's recent experiences with post-conflict reconstruction. Other studies in this series include El Salvador and Uganda. The...
This review is one of a series of field-based country studies assessing the Bank's recent experiences with post-conflict reconstruction. Other studies in this series include Bosnia and Herzegovina and...
The aim of this study is to assess the current capacity of Mexico to deal with disaster risk and to identify ways in which the impacts of catastrophes on the economy can be reduced. The study analyzes...
This publication synthesizes the findings of an assessment of the Bank's experience with post-conflict reconstruction. Its objective is to distill lessons from the Bank's experience in the subject. The...