This assessment is aimed to identify the structural causes of the floods and develop medium and long term effective flood-reduction strategies, focusing mainly on the areas of agriculture, food security, nonagricultural livelihoods, and urban environment.
Benin - governmentWorld Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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 collection of good practices shows how building the capacity of local institutions is key to sustaining disaster risk reduction, and demonstrates the immediate impact of local and national political commitments.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk ReductionUnited Nations Development Programme - ThailandInternational Training Centre of the International Labour Organization
This document focuses on the joint United Nations-European Union support to countries recovering from natural disasters or conflict, which aims to rebuild not only lives and livelihoods, but also people’s hopes and aspirations for a better future. It
United Nations - HeadquartersUnited Nations Regional Information Centre
This post-disaster needs assessment is intended to conduct a socio-economic analysis to assess the damage, losses and reconstruction needs after the 2010 floods in Togo.
Togo - governmentWorld Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
This document reports on achievements in many critical areas including child protection, education, health, livelihoods and disaster risk reduction by Save the Children as a result of their planned five-year response and recovery program in five countries
This guidance note shares 'live lessons' learned - told through first-person stories - that contribute to disaster preparedness, mitigation, and a recovery that builds back better.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk ReductionInternational Recovery Platform
This post-disaster needs assessment provides estimates of the damages and losses, and the costs for reconstruction and recovery following the 2009 floods in Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso - governmentWorld Bank, theUnited Nations - HeadquartersGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanEuropean Union
This joint needs assessment report provides estimates of the impacts and costs of reconstruction and recovery in Central African Republic following the 2009 floods in Bangui.
Central African Republic - governmentWorld Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)European UnionUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - HeadquartersAgence Française de Développement
This post-disaster needs assessment estimates the costs of recovery and reconstruction resulting from the impacts of the August 2009 floods in Dakar, Sengal.
Senegal - governmentGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)European Union