International Recovery Platform

This Guidance Note provides practical advice to UNDP Country Offices on how to design and implement recovery initiatives that will strengthen government capacity to lead and manage national recovery efforts in the early, medium and long-term.

This guide provides the essential information to assist policy makers and other stakeholders in formulating a framework for the medium- to long-term post-disaster recovery.

The document describes livelihood recovery initiatives in response to Typhoon Bopha, a Category 5 super typhoon that hit the Philippines on 4 December 2012.