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.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

10 December 2011

Lesotho 2011 Heavy Rain- Post Disaster Needs Assessment

This PDNA examines the social and economic damage caused by a series of extreme weather events between December 2010 and February 2011 in Lesotho. A disaster recovery framework with guiding principles for reconstruction and DRR programs is included.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

10 February 2011

Typhoon Haima in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic – Joint Damage, Losses, and Needs Assessment

This report covers the damage and losses in key sectors following Typhoon Haima in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The report also provides a strategic framework for Disaster Risk Management and recovery.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

14 September 2010

Post-Disaster Needs Assessment of 2010 Floods in Benin (PDNA)

This assessment is aimed to identify the structural causes of the floods and develop medium and long term effective flood-reduction strategies, focusing mainly on the areas of agriculture, food security, nonagricultural livelihoods, and urban environment.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

14 September 2010

Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of damage, losses, general and sectoral needs

This document presents a multi-sector review of damage and losses incurred following the earthquake on January 12, 2010 and an action plan for the identification of needs for recovery and rebuilding the country in the short, medium, and long term.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

22 February 2010

Post-Disaster Damage, Losses, and Reconstruction Needs Assessment of the 2010 Floods in Togo (PDNA)

This post-disaster needs assessment is intended to conduct a socio-economic analysis to assess the damage, losses and reconstruction needs after the 2010 floods in Togo.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

6 December 2009

Damage, Loss, and Needs Assessment for Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction after the low pressure system associated with Tropical Storm Ida

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.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

6 December 2009

2009 Floods in Burkina Faso - Assessment of damage, losses, reconstruction and recovery needs

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. 

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

6 December 2009

Urban flooding in Bangui, Central African Republic - Joint Needs Assessment to assess and mitigate the impacts of recurrent flooding

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.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

6 December 2009

Post Disaster Needs Assessment - Urban floods in Dakar, Senegal 2009

This post-disaster needs assessment estimates the costs of recovery and reconstruction resulting from the impacts of the August 2009 floods in Dakar, Sengal.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

26 November 2009

Namibia 2009 Floods Post Disaster Needs Assessment

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.

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26 July 2020

Vanuatu Tropical Cyclone Harold and COVID-19 Post Disaster Needs Assessment

The Vanuatu TC Harold and COVID-19 PDNA estimates the total compound impacts of TC Harold and COVID-19, identifies and quantifies needs across sectors, and supports the development of the Vanuatu Recovery Strategy 2020-2023.

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5 July 2020

Beirut Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment

This Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) estimates the impact on the population, physical assets, infrastructure and service delivery, following the explosions in the Port of Beirut in August 2020.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

19 February 2020

Albania Earthquake Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

On 6th December, the Government of Albania requested support from the European Union, the United Nations, and the World Bank to undertake a full and comprehensive PDNA to identify the damage, losses, and recovery needs arising from the earthquake.

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13 December 2019

Post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) for Iran floods 2019

This report presents a consolidated view of damage, loss and recovery needs estimates from the 2019 floods in Iran, based on data received from various line departments and the expertise of a multi institutional and interdisciplinary assessment team.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

22 October 2019

Cyclone Fani Damage, Loss, and Needs Assessment

This Damage, Loss, and Needs Assessment (DLNA) of Cyclone Fani in Odisha was conducted between 24 May and 4 June 2019. Covering the 14 affected districts in the state, it presents estimates of the damage, loss, and recovery needs across 15 sectors.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

19 July 2019

Malawi 2019 floods post disaster needs assessment report

The objective of the PDNA was to quantify the damage and loss resulting from the effects of heavy rains, floods and strong winds associated with Tropical Cyclone Idai, and to estimate the recovery and reconstruction needs.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

5 July 2019

Zimbabwe rapid impact needs assessment

The Zimbabwe Rapid Impact and Needs Assessment (RINA) is an effort to assess and quantify cyclone recovery and resilience building needs across ten sectors.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

1 June 2019

Mozambique Cyclone Idai post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA)

This report summarizes the identified damage, loss and recovery needs across 16 socio-economic sectors in the affected provinces and discusses a recovery strategy that will be further developed by the Cabinet for the Reconstruction of Post-Cyclone Idai.

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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

28 January 2019

2019 Pakistan Drought - Sindh Drought Needs Assessment

This report assesses the impact of the 2019 Sindh drought on various sectors and provides recommendations to the Government of Sindh and its partners to prioritize actions to address immediate needs, build back better and increase resilience to drought.  

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13 December 2018

Post-disaster needs assessment: Kerala, India

The report formulates recommendations to make Kerala the first green state in India with an eco-sensitive and risk-informed approach. The report also gives several high-ticket innovations and global examples to build back better (BBB) Kerala.