Many ex ante measures taken to reduce disaster risk can deliver co-benefits that are not dependent on disasters … to the main objective of disaster risk management of avoiding disaster losses, but identifying and measuring additional … co-benefits can enhance the attractiveness of disaster risk management investments. Co-benefits are often economic, such …

infrastructure at risk. However, most investment in disaster risk management is made by the public sector, with the private sector … direct benefits of disaster risk management, but also a broader set of co-benefits to themselves and society as a whole … economic stability. Ironically, many of these co-benefits are more tangible and immediate than ordinary disaster risk …

development prospects of affected regions. As such, climate change reinforces the development case for investment in disaster risk … complicates disaster risk management investment decisions, the analysis presented here shows that these considerations are only … for disaster risk management investment decisions. Accounting for climate uncertainty is likely to shift the optimal …

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

Burkina Faso is one of the priority countries of the World Bank's Disaster Risk Management (DRM) team for 2009 to 2011 …. this country note on Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change (DRM/ACC) is a baseline document for … priority investments in those areas, and for the support the World Bank will provide to Burkina Faso through funds allocated …

The Philippines is one of the most natural hazard-prone countries in the world. The social and economic cost of natural … in the Philippines. The World Bank with assistance from the Philippines Government conducted an informal study on natural … disaster risk management in the Philippines. The objectives of the first study were to: document the impacts of natural …

, 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 forms part of the World Bank's technical assistance project undertaken with the European Commission … analysis of the costs and benefits of selected disaster risk management (DRM) investments', with the aim to showcase the … benefits of investing in the prevention of disaster risks. The objective of this report is to provide EU Member States …

opportunities for civil protection (CP) agencies to leverage investments for disaster prevention and preparedness. This report draws … opportunities from the perspective of fourteen countries with diverse disaster risk management (DRM) systems, financial mechanisms …

This study provides new empirical evidence on the effect of improving the conditions in disaster risk management (DRM …) governance in terms of human losses resulting from disaster events. To measure governance in disaster risk management, we use the … Index of Governance and Public Policy in Disaster Risk Management (IGOPP), developed by the Inter-American Development Bank …