International Recovery Platform

This analysis is part of the evaluation of the effects, impacts and needs El Salvador is facing due to the double incidence of the COVID -19 pandemic and the tropical storms Amanda and Cristóbal.

This report seeks to guide the public policy priorities and decisions of the national government, decentralized autonomous governments and all state functions, as well as the private sector and civil society, to work together to contain the economic downturn and protect the most vulnerable populations through a plan that contains immediate actions to reduce vulnerability and increase capacities and resilience in the short and medium term.

This paper assesses the lessons to learn after the heavy rain and pluvial floods in Germany 2021 and addresses the question of failure. This article presents lessons to learn and argues against a blame culture.