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This document looks at the five years of international cooperation and political will following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. It draws lessons learned on the development and consolidation of tsunami and other sea level related hazard warning systems, striving to consolidate global coverage and international development, and to include disaster risk reduction initiatives within recovery and reconstruction activities and, more generally, within development strategies.

This book addresses the growing demand for reconstruction at scale following devastating impact of disasters on the world's population on the increase, influenced by climate change, urbanization, and persistent high levels of poverty, among other factors

This briefing note advocates for a sustained international reconstruction effort which will effectively translate into a new start for Haiti, and which would meet the country’s long-term development needs. It particularly calls to integrate disaster risk

This document describes the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) support to disaster risk management, including major financing for post-disaster recovery, investments in preventing and mitigating disaster impacts and analytical work

Water and climate change adaptation, 6:

This perspective document aims to support cooperation and decisionmaking in transboundary basins on a range of relevant or emerging issues related to climate change, and addresses adaptation to possible impacts of

This document gives options for rebuilding the community, meeting the evident needs of the most vulnerable people and filling key gaps in Haiti’s reconstruction regarding shelter and relief, water and sanitation, health and recovery. It states that risk

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.

This document reports on a workshop aiming at spearheading the “whole-of-government” approach to address disasters in the Philippines. It presents lessons that have been learned from each major disaster and contribute to the continuous improvement of