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Learn From Experience

IRP provides collections of resources from recovery experiences to support learning and improve preparedness to build back better.
Country
Items: 4
Documents and publications
2015

Strengthening financial resilience in the Pacific

This brief is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. The brief presents the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI), formed in 2007 in response to requests from 15

World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
Documents and publications
PDNA Guidance
2018

Post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA): Lessons from a decade of experience

This Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) review is the first instance of the participating institutions assessing the demonstrated effectiveness of PDNAs as the practice has evolved over the 55 post-disaster assessments conducted since 2008.
World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters European Commission Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
Documents and publications
2018

Self-insurance against natural disasters: the use of pension funds in Pacific island countries

Pacific island countries are exposed to significant risks from natural disasters. As a disaster relief measure, Fiji allowed pre-retirement pension withdrawls in the wake of Cyclone Winston in 2016. Motivated by this policy action, this paper provides a

International Monetary Fund
Marshall Islands 2016
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Republic of the Marshall Islands, Post Disaster Needs Assessment of the 2015-2016 Drought

This report is a rapid socio-economic assessment of the sectors impacted by the 2015-2016 drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This assessment is the first PDNA of a drought in the Pacific.
Marshall Islands - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters