All Recovery Resources

This review analyses some of the major events and trends related to natural disasters and humanitarian disaster response and looks at the experience of developed countries with natural disasters in 2011.

This paper explains the parametric insurance system of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) in the event of a hurricane or an earthquake.

This paper explains the excess rainfall parametric insurance product of the CCRIF and Swiss Re Excess Rainfall, which helps to mitigate the short-term cash flow problems small developing economies suffer after major natural disasters.

This document is the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Queensland floods of 2010/2011, established following the flooding of historic proportions in Queensland in December 2010, stretching into January 2011. It embodies both likelihood of

This report examines Haiti’s legal framework for facilitating and regulating international disaster assistance in the light of the IDRL Guidelines and the experience with the international response to the 2010 earthquake. It sets out recommendations for

This research aims to develop a new model for disaster risk management funding in South Africa which included both disaster reduction and disaster relief and recovery components. It states that the current funding model for disaster risk reduction within

This report outlines Japan's approaches to the challenges of disaster debris management following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It offers insights and lessons on environmental sustainability and international cooperation in post-disaster recovery.

This is report of a field trip to New Zealand to study recovery and reconstruction after the 2010-11 earthquakes. The aim was to learn lessons about the process to help improve information for decision-making in other places.

This special issue of the quarterly ERRA newsletter focuses on the major earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005. It describes the response to the disaster, followed by the establishment of the Earthquake Reconstruction and

This PDNA assesses the damage, losses, and needs for recovery in key social, infrastructure, and productive sectors as a result of the tropical storm Sendong. Policy and program recommendations for governance and disaster risk reduction are also provided.