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Documents and publications

This brief is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents a comprehensive Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) conducted after the 2012 floods in Nigeria which came with unprecedented losses in human life and productivity.

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

This pocket book shares important messages of 100 recovery leaders in which they share their experiences in early recovery from disasters. The pocket book explains the role of leadership in disaster recovery and its different shapes. The book also underlines the value of connecting with other leaders when recovering from disasters. At last, the book shares practical strategies for disaster recovery.

New Zealand Red Cross
Documents and publications

This report documents the challenges and progress around the world in integrating disaster risk reduction measures into post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation. More importantly, it recommends policies and practices for strengthening disaster recovery systems that will help countries protect their hard-earned developmental gains.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This Post-Flood and Landslide Needs Assessment (PFLNA) determines the impact of, and recovery and reconstruction needs following, the devastating floods that hit Myanmar in July and August 2015.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Myanmar - government
Documents and publications

This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the analytical support provided by the World Bank in close collaboration with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) on the basis of the Government-led Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) following the devastating 2009 typhoons, to formulate a disaster risk financing strategy to reduce the fiscal burden arising from the recurring costs of disasters in the Philippines.

World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This Rapid Damage and Impact Assessment was prepared following the devastating impacts of Tropical Storm Erika on August 27, 2015, to provide the Dominican government with a quantitative basis to design and build a comprehensive recovery strategy.

Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Dominica - government
Documents and publications

This white paper considers preparation for and recovery from major electricity outages, with a focus on customer-side measures. It examines how disaster preparedness and post-disaster recovery may benefit from standards and the design of plans for coordinated activity.

International Electrotechnical Commission
Theory and practice of pre-disaster planning for disaster waste management
Documents and publications
Reports and analysis

This study takes the first step to base our Disaster Waste Management Planning (DWM Planning) practice on sound theoretical background.

Kochi University of Technology 高知工科大学
Iwate moving toward reconstruction (Ver.1)
Documents and publications

This is a record of the reconstruction from March 2011 to March 2014 after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Iwate.

岩手県 Iwate Prefectural Government
Documents and publications

This policy proposal outlines Keidanren's efforts to strengthen the cooperation among companies in terms of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) following the Great East Japan Earthquake, both in an effort to enhance disaster prevention and reduction and reinforce the competitiveness of the Japanese business community.

Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)