All Recovery Resources

This publication is a collection of contributions from presentations given at the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2008 aimed at underlining the importance of strong links between the risk management community and the public and

This paper addresses multi-donor trust funds as important instruments for resource mobilization, policy dialogue, and risk and information management in order to enhance aid effectiveness by reducing transaction costs and by mitigating the high risk

This guideline illustrates how to derive financial needs for recovery and reconstruction, following a sector by sector damage and loss assessment. It also explains how to formulate a calendar of investments and identify distribution channels for funding.

Volume 2 guides the sectoral assessment team through the steps of conducting a Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA). It describes simplified procedures for estimating the value of destroyed physical assets and changes or losses in the flows in the economy.

This information paper gives a brief description of ongoing USAID/OFDA disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes active in fiscal year 2009, grouped according to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) priority that the respective programme promotes. It

This report tracks, monitors and evaluates achievements against OCHA’s planned activities in preparing for and responding to emergencies. It reports on progress in OCHA’s mission of mobilizing and coordinating effective and principled humanitarian action

This guideline supports World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) with the design and execution of assessments to determine disaster impacts and post-disaster needs for recovery, reconstruction and disaster risk reduction.

This document mainstreams the methodology for disaster damage and loss assessment (DaLA), providing material for training programs to build capacity for damage and loss assessments at national, regional and local levels as well as for critical sectors.

This document presents key findings from consultations with the children and youth undertook to hear their ideas and priorities for the country’s reconstruction as they are among the most vulnerable groups affected by the disaster, and as many of them have already mobilized to support their communities in the response and taken on strong leadership roles.

Practice briefing:

This briefing paper provides an overview of the disasters and climate change theme and summaries of the presentations made at a seminar bringing together academics, practitioners and policy-makers to explore how thinking on climate