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The Algeria Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic was developed as part of World Bank technical assistance to the … World Bank and the National Delegation for Major Risks (DNRM) under the Algerian Ministry of Interior, Local Authorities and … correspondences, and recommendations from World Bank experts …
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Climate change poses major risks for development in the Philippines. Climate shocks, whether in the form of extreme … weather events or slow-onset trends, will hamper economic activities, damage infrastructure, and induce deep social … for the Philippines. Policy inaction would impose substantial economic and human costs, especially for the poor …
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Climate change poses major risks for development in the Philippines. Climate shocks, whether in the form of extreme … weather events or slow-onset trends, will hamper economic activities, damage infrastructure, and induce deep social … for the Philippines. Policy inaction would impose substantial economic and human costs, especially for the poor …
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risk that transferred typhoon and earthquake risk from the Philippines through the World Bank to the international … World Bank commissioned a lessons-learned evaluation to help all par ties involved better understand the successes and … this partnership. In July of 2017, the Philippines placed on the international financial markets a portfolio of catastrophe …
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Although Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, it has a relatively low number of natural hazards. However … objective of the study is to strengthen capacity of geohazard disaster resilience of federal highway infrastructure in Brazil … through reviewing disaster risk management (DRM) capacity for federal road infrastructure and case studies of applying …
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ability to forecast severe weather, including at the local level, through improved hydrometeorological services; it has … the country - it has strengthened regional collaboration and knowledge sharing on disaster risk management (DRM). Local … systems. In this DRM country policy note, chapter one provides an overview of Moldova's disaster and climate risk profile …
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agricultural assets. This report is part of the World Bank's response to the Government's request for support in assessing damages …. 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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world, the Philippines also has one of the world's longest coastlines, and its marine and coastal resources yield in goods … considered to be among the world's most disaster-prone countries. Commonly occurring hazards include floods, droughts, typhoons … to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an important role in helping countries …
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trends in World Bank (WBG) Disaster Risk Management (DRM) activities in Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) countries over …This portfolio review, led by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery's (GFDRR) Disaster-FCV Nexus … lessons and best practices, and iii) recommend ways to inform the GFDRR's work on the Disaster FCV Nexus and integrate the …
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