Disaster Recovery Frameworks

woman involved in community meeting to discuss village reconstruction

Disaster recovery frameworks enable countries to drive a process forward that unites all government, private sector, donors, development partners, and community efforts with a focus on building back stronger, faster and more inclusively over the short, medium to long term timeframes of recovery. The DRF helps in articulating a vision for recovery; defining a strategy; prioritizing actions; fine-tuning planning; and providing guidance on financing, implementing, and monitoring the recovery. Depending on the scale of recovery required, the framework should be developed within a month or max 45 days after a disaster, or ideally before a disaster occurs.

Expected outcomes of implementing recovery frameworks are:

  1. Informed institutional and policy-setting for recovery.
  2. Prioritization and programming based on an inclusive, transparent process that ensures participation of all stakeholders and uses national and international good practices.
  3. Effective coordination among all parties during the recovery and reconstruction processes.
  4. Comprehensive framework for recovery financing.
  5. Improved implementation and monitoring and evaluation systems for recovery programs.

DRF guidance and frameworks

State of Rhode Island Action Plan: Hurricane Sandy Disaster
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

This is an Action Plan for Disaster recovery published by the state of Rhode Island describing outlines the strategies and initiatives to address the impacts of the hurricane and allocate resources effectively.

State of Rhode Island, the
Build Back Better Puerto Rico November 2017
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

This document represents an aggregation of the best available disaster damages caused by the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and is an initial assessment of the cost to rebuild a stronger, more resilient Puerto Rico

Government of Puerto Rico
National Disaster Recovery Framework Building Back a Disaster-Affected Malawi Better and Safer Volume II Drought
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks
Policy type
National policies and plans

Recovery efforts defined within the NDRF are guided by a central vision and goal. An initial vision and goal were determined following the 2015 floods; these have been updated in response to the 2015/16 drought.

Malawi - government
Process for Preparing Disaster Recovery Frameworks
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DRF Guidance

This Process Note explains the process for preparing a DRF. It is intended to support the government officials, partners, affected population, and other stakeholders who will plan and prepare the DRF.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
World Bank, the
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DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

The PDRP specifies priority recovery needs and financial requirements, embedded in nine key sectors and three cross-cutting areas. It is expected to ensure that recovery is resilient and supports the development agenda of the country.

Sri Lanka - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Cover_Beaufort County
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DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

Beaufort County Disaster Recovery is focused upon long-term recovery and redevelopment.

Beaufort County (USA)
Fiji Tropical Cyclone Winston Disaster Recovery Framework 2016
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DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

This DRF guides the planning and implementation of recovery programmes and projects, providing overall direction to the government, the private sector, development partners, civil society and communities.

Fiji - government
World Bank, the
United Nations - Headquarters
European Union
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
USA National Disaster Recovery Framework Second Edition 2016
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks
Policy type
National policies and plans

The National Disaster Recovery Framework establishes a common platform and forum for how the whole community builds, sustains, and coordinates delivery of recovery capabilities.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

This framework document encapsulates the vision and strategic objectives that guide recovery in post-earthquake Nepal. It also includes the policy and institutional frameworks for recovery and reconstruction and outlines implementation arrangements, projected financial requirements and immediate next steps necessary for recovery.

Nepal - government
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

This plan was prepared in the aftermath of the Oct 26, 2015 earthquake which caused human losses and extensive damages to public infrastructure, houses and other buildings in various areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The document contains a detailed damage assessment and lists priority interventions in areas of rehabilitation of physical infrastructure, housing, reactivation of local economy, and disaster risk reduction and environment recovery strategies. The plan also proposes management mechanisms for recovery and reconstruction.

Provincial Disaster Management Authority

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