, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and floods, making it one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. This report … country's current capacity to reduce and manage disaster risk; and identify options for more effective management of that risk …. The Philippine institutional arrangements and disaster management systems tend to rely on a response, or reactive approach …

This report provides a selected analysis of Vanuatu's economy and public finances, emphasizing the lens of disaster …

This report was undertaken in the wake of the Ketsana Disaster, to assess damage, losses, and resource requirements for …, disaster risk management requirements, and recovery and reconstruction requirements. The report concludes that the process of …, along with capacity building activities for both the line ministries and national and sub-national Committees for Disaster …

This case study extracts translatable and transferable lessons learned from the evolution of disaster risk management … influenced the process by which legal and institutional frameworks for the country's disaster management have been amended: the … learned from Japan's disaster preparedness and response experiences relevant for developing countries that could face similar …