RAND Corporation

The authors describe the status of Puerto Rico's communities in terms of population characteristics and dynamics, community and individual preparedness, and economic pressures leading up to the landfalls of the hurricanes.

As Puerto Rico recovers from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, effective supply-chain management and recovery governance will be vitally important to a successful outcome.

Drawing on best-practice frameworks, available data, interviews with FEMA and COR3, and case studies, the authors analyze Puerto Rican municipalities' capacity and needs in four key areas: strategy, management, operations, and finance and administration.

This report describes the work done on estimating the costs of, and identifying potential funding sources for, Puerto Rico’s economic and disaster recovery plan.

This publication examines key issues confronting the private sector in:

• disaster recovery financing;
• what roles private-sector entities have played;
• and where there has been successful integration or leadership of these organizations.

The study

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