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...and urgent actions required in all disaster-prone countries to improve disaster-risk assessment, prevention and mitigation:

This resolution, adopted unanimously by the 122nd IPU Assembly in Bangkok, 1 April 2010, acknowledges that both disasters and

Inter-Parliamentary Union
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This publication showcases the Lunawa Project approaches tp resettlement and housing/infrastructure reconstruction implemented in Sri Lanka. It intends to record the initiatives taken under the Lunawa Environmental Improvement & Community Development

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
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This document gives options for rebuilding the community, meeting the evident needs of the most vulnerable people and filling key gaps in Haiti’s reconstruction regarding shelter and relief, water and sanitation, health and recovery. It states that risk

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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This document reports on GFDRR interventions in 2009 and its achievement in maturing into a leading global player in disaster risk reduction and sustainable recovery, a reference for knowledge sharing and capacity building in vulnerable countries, a

World Bank, the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
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In this publication the Government of Tamil Nadu gives details regarding rehabilitation and the reconstruction programmes undertaken to revive coastal communities affected by the Tsunami in 2004.

India - government
El Salvador PDNA
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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

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.

El Salvador - government
World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL)
Floods 2009 Burkina Faso Assessment of Damage Loss and Construction Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Needs
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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

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 - government
World Bank, the
United Nations - Headquarters
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL)
European Union
Floods 2009 Central African Republic Joint Needs Assessment Report
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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

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 - government
World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
European Union
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Agence Française de Développement
Floods 2009 Senegal Post Disaster Needs Assessment -FR
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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

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 - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Union
Floods 2009 Namibia Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)
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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

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.

Namibia - government
World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Union