Since the 1990s, efforts have been made to reduce the damage caused by natural disasters, among which the Disaster … established as an important model for Korea's disaster risk reduction activities. …

concerning disaster relief. On the empirical front, studies showing causal and associative relationships between disasters and … socio-economic variables are important for estimating disaster-related losses and making appropriate policy suggestions. The … agencies. It discusses fiscal pressures caused due to disasters and existing policies related to disaster-risk mitigation and …

effects as well as potential means of dealing with the corresponding risks and uncertainties. Since 2000, the world has seen a … beyond the regional level. In an increasingly populous and globalized world, these types of events and their repercussions …

The United Nations Sendai (2015) framework aims to reduce disaster risk. We offer a careful definition and computation …

(MENA) region and practitioners in the fields of social protection and disaster risk management (DRM) with general …

This note on integrating gender-sensitive disaster risk management (DRM) in community-driven development (CDD) Programs … World Bank staff, clients and development partners, this note gives an overview of the main reasons for incorporating gender … is one of the fundamental dimensions of poverty (World Bank, 2009). Many of the communities in which CDD programs are …

Chapter 1 Financial Impact of Mega Disasters – Introduction -- Chapter 2 Japan’s Disaster Risk Financing – Framework … 4 Law and Policy Responses to Disaster-induced Financial Distress – The Tsunami Victims of 3/11 -- Chapter 5 How the … implications of mega-disaster risks as well as in seeking possible solutions with regard to governance, the allocation of financial …

of quality infrastructure, development indicators and corruption on damages caused by a natural disaster using a panel … model, the study quantified the role of quality infrastructure in disaster impact mitigation. The empirical results suggest …

management strategies considered are (i) adaptation investment in hurricane resilient infrastructure, (ii) commercial disaster … to create fiscal space for disaster recovery. Different risk management strategies are compared to a baseline of no risk …