One of the major roles of the international institutions related to natural disasters has been funding relief and reconstruction efforts. Between 1980 and 2006, the World Bank has financed more than 150...
This report is part of a ProVention Consortium five-country review of lessons learned from recovery after major natural disasters, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of recovery assistance from governments...
This report summarizes the findings of a country case study on Bangladesh, which is part of a ProVention Consortium initiative aimed at learning lessons from recovery efforts following major natural disasters...
The Europe and Central Asia region is vulnerable to natural disasters. Economic losses, human suffering, and loss of life from natural catastrophes can be reduced by a systematic approach to planning...
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...
The study takes the 2002 food crisis in Malawi as its context and uses evidence up to 2001; reassess the economic consequences in Malawi and Southern Africa more generally of climatic variability in the...
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Physical hazards that could potentially cause considerable loss of life and catastrophic physical damage and disruption to society and...
This paper examines the ways in which natural resources management and environmental degradation affect natural hazard risk, and makes a preliminary assessment of the importance of such linkages and the...
The paper presents and original approach to estimating the macroeconomic and poverty impacts of catastrophes for planning purposes. By incorporating disasters as a component of macroeconomic projections...
This country study of Dominica is the first of three studies undertaken as part of a broader research project aimed at increasing understanding of the wider economic and financial impacts of natural disasters;...
This study responds to growing borrower demand for Bank's assistance with housing reconstruction following natural disasters events such as floods, windstorms, earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruptions...