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Learning from Tropical Cyclone Seroja : Building Disaster and Climate Resilience in Timor-Leste
World Bank - 2021
. The disaster affected all 13 municipalities of Timor-Leste, caused at least 44 fatalities, damaged critical infrastructure … as well as longer-term implications for disaster risk management. It will serve as inputs to a more detailed Post-Disaster …
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Overlooked : Examining the Impact of Disasters and Climate Shocks on Poverty in the Europe and Central Asia Region
World Bank - 2021
When a disaster strikes, it not only affects households' physical assets, but also their income levels and ability to … external assistance to accelerate reconstruction efforts. This report explores the links between disaster impacts and poverty …
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Using Disaster Risk Financing to Build Adaptive Social Protection for Climate Shocks in Malawi
World Bank - 2023
-the Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP)—to scale up response to additional beneficiaries when shocks occur. Making the SCTP shock …-responsive is a key strategic pillar of the government’s Disaster Risk Financing Strategy. The SCTP scalable mechanism was first …,000 poor and vulnerable households that would be eligible to receive a cash transfer in the event of a shock, and in fact a …
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Impacts of Climate Change on Georgia's Coastal Zone : Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Options
World Bank - 2020
The higher-level purpose of this study is to provide information to be used to raise the ambition of Georgia's nationally determined contribution (NDCs) and to consider adaptation targets for the Black Sea coast of Georgia. The study also aims to highlight how supporting a blue economy can...
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Assessment of Firms' Financial Resilience against Pandemic and Disaster Shocks in Albania
World Bank - 2021
Over the period 2019-21, Albania had to confront dual shocks: the 2019 earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic. Both had sizable impacts on the country's economy. The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on an economy already affected by the earthquake in 2019. Key sectors were put in lockdown in...
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Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : cities building resilience for a changing world
Baker, Judy L. (contributor) - 2012
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Urban risk assessments : an approach for understanding disaster and climate risk in cities
2012
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Social and governance dimensions of climate change : implications for policy
Foa, Roberto - 2009
institutional measures are tested for their potential effects on natural disaster resilience and the quality of environmental …
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Climate Change and Disaster Management
World Bank - 2017
This is a background paper to the Pacific Possible report. Climate change and natural disasters represent major threats to Pacific Island countries. The report estimates the cost of climate adaptation measures for Pacific Island countries. It also proposes a range of strategies for dealing with...
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The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate
World Bank - 2011
Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Situated in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) rivers, the country is exposed to a range of river and rainwater flood hazards due to climate variability, the timing, location, and extent of which depend...
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