PDNA guidance

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

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.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Cyclone Winston PDNA
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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA covers the damage and losses across various sectors following Tropical Cyclone Winston that struck Fiji in 2016. A summary of recovery, reconstruction, and resilience needs are included in the report.

Fiji - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
2016 seychelles pdna
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of Tropical Cyclone Fantala, which hit the Seychelles’ Outer Islands in 2016. A recovery strategy, which functions as an outline for a country-led recovery process, is included in this report.

Seychelles - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Sri Lanka 2016 PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA covers the damage and losses across various sectors following heavy rainfall and flooding in Vietnam in 2016. A recovery strategy proposing a long-term plan to strengthen the country’s preparedness for future disasters.

Sri Lanka - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Grenadines Floods 2016
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This report provides a rapid damage and loss assessment to inform the Government ’s recovery planning. It includes recommendations to further incorporate disaster risk reduction and management into land use and physical planning decision-making processes.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
2016 Malawi Drought PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA provides an analysis of the physical, socioeconomic, and human impacts of the 2015-2016 drought in Malawi. It analyzes the challenges and lessons from the ongoing drought response and provides recommendations for improved drought resilience.

Malawi - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Drought Angola PDNA 2016
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA examines the impact of the prolonged drought from 2012 to 2016 in Angola on the three southern provinces Cunene, Namibe and Huíla. It provides a recovery strategy and key interventions for each of the three provinces.

Angola - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

The PDNA report indicates that the Malawi 2015 floods affected 1,101,364 people, displaced 230,000 and killed 106 people. The assessment focuses on medium to long term reconstruction and provides the guiding principles for recovery.

Malawi - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

The report presents a comprehensive post disaster needs assessment exercise, launched with response and relief efforts at the request of the Government of Nepal, with the objective to estimate damages and losses caused by the earthquake.

Nepal - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Cyclone Pam PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA covers the damage, loss, and needs across various sectors following Tropical Cyclone Pam. Key issues and challenges regarding disaster risk management in Vanuatu are identified in the report.

Vanuatu - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Mozambique 2015 Floods PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This assessment evaluates the impact of heavy rain and flooding on Mozambique’s population and infrastructure. It also provides advice on flood recovery and long-term disaster resilience in the affected areas.

Mozambique - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Floods due to Hurricane Lisa in Belize
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA report for Hurricane Lisa in Belize details the damage and losses caused by the storm, emphasizing the urgent need for enhanced disaster preparedness and resilience through integrated recovery efforts and risk reduction strategies.

Belize - government
World Bank, the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
European Union
PDNA TC Kevin and Judy Vanuatu 2023
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA documents the impact that Tropical Cyclone Judy and Kevin have had on the people and economy of Vanuatu and also the recovery plan to transition Vanuatu back on its development pathway.

Vanuatu - government
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Build Change Needs Assessment and Post-Disaster Reconnaissance Report
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This report analyzes the impacts of the February 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye, and provides recommendations for rebuilding and enhancing resilience, emphasizing the integration of local practices and policies into recovery efforts.

Build Change
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha, May 2023, Myanmar:
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This GRADE report provides a summary of direct economic impacts (in terms of damages to buildings, infrastructure, and agriculture) caused by Tropical Cyclone (Cyclone) Mocha in Myanmar.

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

The Malawi 2023 Tropical Cyclone Freddy Post-Disaster Needs Assessment report assesses the impacts of the disaster and provides recommendations for building back better in recovery and reconstruction.

Malawi - government
World Bank, the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Agricultural War Damages, Losses, and Needs Review Issue 3 April 24, 2023
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This Report presents the details of the Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) that was carried out for Agriculture Sector of Ukraine as part of the second RDNA report prepared.

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

The Syria Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment assesses the impact of the February 2023 Turkiye-Syria earthquakes in the six most affected areas. It provides a preliminary estimate of infrastructure reconstruction and service delivery restoration needs.

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

The recovery and reconstruction assessment presented here comprises of an assessment of the financial impact of the earthquakes which struck Turkiye and Syria in February 2023, applying modified PDNA methodology, and a “recovery vision.”

Türkiye - government
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
World Bank, the
European Union
Ukraine Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment 2023
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This assessment is part of an ongoing effort to take stock of Ukraine’s damage and losses from the war. It aims to assess the scale of economic and social needs for Ukraine’s survival during the war and it's prosperity afterward.

Ukraine - government
World Bank, the
European Union
United Nations - Headquarters
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Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This report provides an early and preliminary estimate of the direct damage costs caused by these earthquakes, which in turn will inform the response of the World Bank Group and its partners and support planning for recovery and reconstruction.

World Bank, the

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