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The impact of Atlantic hurricanes on business activity thumbnail
Documents and publications

This paper quantifies the short-run economic impact of 21 Atlantic hurricanes on U.S. local business activity from 2017 to 2024 using anonymized Mastercard transaction data aggregated by ZIP code.

World Bank, the
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Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance

This guide outlines how private-public partnerships can support disaster restoration and long-term recovery through coordinated planning and resilience-building.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This is the Fourth Ukraine Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4), covering the period between February 24, 2022, and December 31, 2024.

World Bank, the
Ukraine - government
European Commission
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations - Headquarters
Community resilience through partnership after the Great East Japan Earthquake: cooking classes by Iwate Co-op and a food company
Documents and publications
Reports and analysis

This case study aimed to demonstrate how cooking class activities held in collaboration with the Ajinomoto Foundation (TAF) and a consumer cooperative after the Great East Japan Earthquake contributed to the resilience of the affected community.

Frontiers in Public Health
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Documents and publications
Publications

This Rapid Market Assessment (RMA) identifies commonly used economically productive assets, the characteristics and availability of (skilled) labour as well as local suppliers in Murzuq.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Empowering Communities: Post-Earthquake Small Business Recovery in Hatay, Turkey (April 2024)
Documents and publications
Publications

This learning brief focuses specifically on lessons pertaining to CORE’s small business recovery support to 58 business owners located in the Hassa business park and includes recommendations for scaling in this context.

Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE)
Effects of Post-Disaster Aid Measures to Firms: Evidence from Tohoku University Earthquake Recovery Firm Survey 2012–2015
Documents and publications
Publications
Reports and analysis

The paper finds that group subsidy and debt reduction had important roles in the recovery of business activities and demonstrates the importance of a panel survey in understanding and guiding policies for the resilience of the regional economy.

Journal of Disaster Research
Fuji Technology Press
Ukraine Third Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA3) Feb 2022-Dec 2023
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This RDNA3 takes stock of almost two years of the ongoing war, estimating damage and losses along with recovery and reconstruction needs for 10 years.

World Bank, the
Ukraine - government
European Commission
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations - Headquarters
Sectoral Recovery Capacity Assessment Report for Saint Lucia’s Tourism Sector
Documents and publications
Publications

This report presents the results of the Sectoral Recovery Capacity Assessment undertaken in Saint Lucia to assess the capacity of the tourism sector to plan, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate resilient and inclusive recovery projects.

World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
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Documents and publications
Publications

This rapid literature review explores the global evidence on lessons from recovery and reconstruction activities for the Ukrainian context.

Institute of Development Studies