PDNA: Post-Disaster Needs Assessments

Featured PDNAs

PDNA is a government-led exercise, with integrated support from the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank and other national and international actors. A PDNA pulls together information into a single, consolidated report, information on the physical impacts of a disaster, the economic value of the damages and losses, the human impacts as experienced by the affected population, and the resulting early and long-term recovery needs and priorities.

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Documents and publications

19 November 2010

Pakistan floods 2010: preliminary damage and needs assessment

This report focuses on an assessment of damage and medium- to long-term reconstruction costs. It suggests governance and institutional arrangements for implementing the reconstruction program along with an overview of cross-cutting approaches that should be taken into consideration, including social and environmental aspects, and disaster risk management and climate change considerations.

Documents and publications

14 September 2010

Post-Disaster Needs Assessment of 2010 Floods in Benin (PDNA)

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.

Documents and publications

14 September 2010

Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of damage, losses, general and sectoral needs

This document presents a multi-sector review of damage and losses incurred following the earthquake on January 12, 2010 and an action plan for the identification of needs for recovery and rebuilding the country in the short, medium, and long term.

Documents and publications

25 May 2010

Anticipating the future: children and young people’s voices in Haiti’s Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)

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.

Documents and publications

22 February 2010

Post-Disaster Damage, Losses, and Reconstruction Needs Assessment of the 2010 Floods in Togo (PDNA)

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.

Documents and publications

6 December 2009

Damage, Loss, and Needs Assessment for Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction after the low pressure system associated with Tropical Storm Ida

This assessment provides estimates of the impacts of floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in El Salvador in 2009, and the estimated costs of reconstruction and recovery.

Documents and publications

6 December 2009

2009 Floods in Burkina Faso - Assessment of damage, losses, reconstruction and recovery needs

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. 

Documents and publications

6 December 2009

Urban flooding in Bangui, Central African Republic - Joint Needs Assessment to assess and mitigate the impacts of recurrent flooding

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.

Documents and publications

6 December 2009

Post Disaster Needs Assessment - Urban floods in Dakar, Senegal 2009

This post-disaster needs assessment estimates the costs of recovery and reconstruction resulting from the impacts of the August 2009 floods in Dakar, Sengal.

Documents and publications

26 November 2009

Namibia 2009 Floods Post Disaster Needs Assessment

This Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) assesses damage and losses incurred as a result of 2009 floods, and provides an assessment of recovery and reconstruction options that could provide resilience to future events such as droughts and floods.