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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.

This report presents UNDP’s strategy with regard to earthquake recovery assistance in Nepal in order to help the country return to sustainable development pathways and build back better.

This is an annual report about Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center (PBV) established in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011.

This report evaluates the shelter response which used a self-recovery approach, providing almost 16,000 families with cash, materials and tools and also analyses the relationship between shelter and livelihood programmes.

This report give the consequences of the two major earthquakes which struck Nepal in April and May 2015, affecting around 6 million people.

This report presents the Save the Children's one-year response and recovery efforts to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.

As reconstruction begins in Nepal after 2015 Earthquake, this paper looks at land rights and resettlement, and considers Nepal’s opportunity to ‘build back better’ and ensure greater land equality, especially for marginalized people, such as the Dalit caste, indigenous groups (Janajatis), many of whom are also landless, and women. It presents recommendations to help address historic social inequalities and rebuild a stronger more equal Nepal.