International Recovery Platform

This paper seeks to contribute to the analytical base around build back better through an examination of its application in three disaster responses, the Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake in Haiti.

This paper reviews the causes of the "positive but limited impact" of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA), as per BOND Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, namely: its duration, lack of “ownership” outside the humanitarian sector, the lack of

This paper challenges the world to remember the Philippines long after the TV cameras have gone. It provides a snapshot of the humanitarian response’s initial successes and struggles.