International Recovery Platform

This report focuses on domestic recovery governance – the ensemble of laws, policies, plans and institutional arrangements that underpin recovery. It finds that recovery has been overlooked compared to other phases of disaster management.

Using novel data sources, this Syria economic monitor analyzes what happens to a conflict-affected economy in the months following a large disaster. Twelve years into a devastating civil war, a one-in-two-century earthquake devastated northwestern Syria.

The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2023 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.