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The RAND Corporation has partnered with the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development to explore the role of Chinese and U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) — specifically, voluntary associations, philanthropic organizations

This case study highlights the achievements in disaster risk management in Nepal in the context of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.

Following extremely heavy rainfall in May 2014, Serbia experienced its most severe flooding in more than a century. In the aftermath, the government conducted a recovery needs assessment (RNA) with support from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction

This booklet was created in order for each individual citizen to learn and think about the "Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2030."

This document is a summary of the experiences and lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) in Sendai City.

This pedagogic document, prepared by the French Association for Earthquake Engineering, aims at applying these simple but efficient earthquake resistant principles to traditional houses in Nepalese high valley villages using available materials in these

Unprecedented hydro-meteorological events experienced during the 2010-11 'Summer of Disasters' led to all 73 Queensland local governments in Australia being disaster-affected. To help communities recover from these events and build resilience for the

This reports analyzes the economic recovery of 4,000 households in the Philippines that were badly affected by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines and recommends improvements to the role of microfinance in enhancing the financial resilience of such communities.