the introduction of disaster funds, that is, ex-ante budgeting allocations for post-disaster reconstruction. So far the … implementation of disaster funds has been limited, in part because it is still unclear whether disaster funds provide a cost … reconstruction funds in Mexico, this paper provides some of the first estimates of the impact of disaster funds on local economic …

Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper … main measure of disaster severity. Using an agent-based model that represents explicitly the recovery and reconstruction … process at the household level, this risk assessment provides new insights into disaster risks in Sri Lanka. The analysis …

Since 2013 The World Bank Group has partnered with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery and the U ….K. Department for International Development to address some of these gaps in evidence and methodologies. The Disaster Risk Finance … potential investments in disaster risk finance from a development perspective, and to the evidence base for where such …

This study presents options for disaster risk financing in Brazil, drawing from international experience. The study … presents a series of complementary options for disaster risk financing, based on a preliminary fiscal risk analysis and a … disaster risk financing strategies (e.g. Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Pakistan and the Caribbean …

country-specific comprehensive disaster risk finance (DRF) strategy, based on the assessment of the legislative, financial …

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 … innovative methodologies for assessing disaster risk and evaluating economic benefits of resilience countermeasures. Although …