International Recovery Platform

This book looks at how nation's leaders, in government, business, religion, academia, and beyond, facilitated Chile's recovery. It argues that strong national leadership on the one hand, and deeply rooted institutional practices on the other played a key

This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the analytical support provided by the World Bank in close collaboration with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) on the basis of the Government-led Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) following the devastating 2009 typhoons, to formulate a disaster risk financing strategy to reduce the fiscal burden arising from the recurring costs of disasters in the Philippines.

This publication critically examines urban policies and projects from the perspective of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, urban resiliency, inclusive cities, and the impacts of the informal economy.