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These guides support a consistent and coherent approach to the post-disaster assessment, provide an objective and comprehensive estimate of recovery needs, while facilitating quick decision-making and action

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Damage, loss and needs assessment guidance notes: Volume 3. Estimation of post-disaster needs for recovery and reconstruction

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.
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Damage, loss and needs assessment guidance notes: Volume 2. Conducting damage and loss assessments after disasters

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.
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Damage, loss and needs assessment guidance notes: Volume 1. Design and execution of a damage, loss and needs assessment

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.
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Disaster, damage, loss and needs assessment: training guidelines

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.

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PDNA Guidelines Volume B - Manufacturing
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Manufacturing

This chapter describes the procedure to assess the effects of a disaster on the manufacturing sector, following the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) methodology.
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Post-disaster needs assessment guidelines: Volume B - Gender

The Gender Sector Guidance provides practical advice to national and international gender experts participating in PDNAs on how to facilitate the identification and integration of gender equality issues across sectors and across the elements of the PDNA.
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Macroeconomic Impact of Disasters

This section of the PDNA Handbook describes the manner in which macroeconomic disaster impact may be estimated on based on quantification of the destruction of assets and disruption of socio-economic activities caused by disasters of any kind and origin.
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Disaster risk reduction

This Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) guidance supports DRR assessment from a broader perspective for recovery planning and response, focusing on DRR and BBB-related policies, institutions, practices that are not covered by other sectoral assessments
PDNA Guidelines Volume B - Commerce
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Commerce

This chapter describes the procedure to assess the effects of a disaster on the trade or commerce sector, using the time-proven PDNA methodology.
PDNA Guidelines Volume B - Culture -EN
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Culture

This guidance complements the Volume A Guidelines of the PDNA methodology, and aims to assist in carrying out a PDNA of culture sector in order to conduct an integrated assessment of the impacts of disaster effects on the sector.
PDNA Guidelines Volume B - Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Forestry
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Forestry

This chapter is part of the PDNA Guidelines Volume B for the Productive Sector. It provides guidance for those working in the Agricultural Sector on conducting a post-disaster needs assessment.
PDNA Guidelines Volume B - Community Infrastructure
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Community Infrastructure

This guide is intended to support and facilitate post disaster recovery of community infrastructure.
PDNA Guidelines Volume B - Employment, Livelihood and Social Protection
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Employment, Livelihood and Social Protection

This chapter provides general guidance on conducting post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) and recovery planning for Employment, Livelihoods and Social Protection (ELSP).
PDNA Guidelines Volume B - Education
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Post-disaster needs assessments guidelines: Volume B - Education

This chapter provides guidance on the process and components of a PDNA for the Education Sector.

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