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

25 November 2008

Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike 2008 Haiti Post Disaster Needs Assessment

This Post Disaster Needs Assessment estimates the total damages and identifies immediate needs for rehabilitation and reconstruction in Haiti following the 2008 storms Gustav, Hanna, Ike and Fay.

Documents and publications

25 November 2008

Assessment of the impacts caused by la Niña in 2008 in Bolivia

This Damage and Loss Assessment estimates total damage and losses caused by heavy rains that caused floods in Bolivia in 2007-2008

Documents and publications

15 November 2008

Damage, Losses and Needs Assessment October 2008 Tropical Storm and Floods, Hadramout and Al-Mahara, Republic of Yemen

This report presents an estimation of the main effects of the disaster: the value of physical assets totally or partially destroyed; losses in economic flows from the absence of those assets; and the impact on economic development and social conditions.

Documents and publications

15 November 2008

Post-Nargis Joint Assessment

This report describes the human loss and assessment of damage to physical assets, the subsequent losses sustained across all economic activities, and the impact of the disaster on both the national economy and household-level activities and well-being.

Documents and publications

22 October 2008

Damage, Loss, and Needs Assessment for Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction after the 2008 Cyclone Season in Madagascar

The Government of Madagascar undertook a comprehensive damage and loss and needs assessment to ascertain the extent of the damages caused by the three consecutive cyclones in 2008, and to define a comprehensive and feasible recovery plan.

Documents and publications

22 October 2008

Bihar Kosi Flood Needs Assessment Report

This Needs Assessment guides the design and investment prioritization of the proposed Kosi Flood Recovery project. It provides a damage overview in key sectors to identify priority interventions and progress made.

Documents and publications

7 August 2008

Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh: damage, loss and needs assessment for disaster recovery and reconstruction, draft executive summary, March 2008

The aim of the assessment is to identify priority areas to support the Government of Bangladesh in cyclone recovery efforts as well as to design a disaster management strategy.

Documents and publications

7 July 2007

Aceh flood: damage and loss assessment

This report provides a summary of data collected in the flood assessment.

Documents and publications

12 November 2006

Preliminary Damage and Loss Assessment - Yogyakarta and Central Java Natural Disaster

This report presents a preliminary assessment of the damage and losses caused by the May 2006 earthquake that struck Yogyakarta and Central Java.

Documents and publications

12 November 2005

Guyana: Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment Following the Intense Flooding of January 2005

This report provides a preliminary assessment of damage incurred, with a special focus on reconstruction needs. It provides donors with an initial assessment of possible intervention needs within six months to a year following the floods.