have medium to long term effects. Unfortunately, the disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) framework of government … has not been effectively translated into local and sectoral (or business) plans. Philippines MSMEs thus are highly … policies to embed DRRM into the business sector and the role of APEC in promoting MSMEs resilience in the region. …

, especially the latter, have become increasingly dysfunctional. The Philippines is peculiarly challenged to build economic … resilience as indicated by its high-risk exposure and vulnerability. The objective of this paper is to point to policymakers the … importance of resilience thinking and the formulation of appropriate policy interventions to build economic resilience …

reconstruction process at the household level, this risk assessment provides new insights into disaster risks in the Philippines … from interventions like rapid post-disaster support and adaptive social protection. Although these measures do not reduce …Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper …

resilience to riverine flood disasters and what will be their measured benefit? We study the 18 regions of the Philippines to …Using an economic model to assess welfare risk and resilience to disasters, this paper systematically tackles the … questions: 1) How much asset and welfare risks does each region in the Philippines face from riverine flood disasters? 2) How …

We provide an initial framework regarding priorities for government programs to reduce the natural-disaster … vulnerability of farm households in the Philippines. We begin with the likelihood that climate change will increase the probability … conceptual framework for understanding resilience at the household level and evidence from the PCED Social Protection Survey …

disaster risk management in the Philippines. The objectives of the first study were to: document the impacts of natural … disaster management in the Philippines; study on floods, sediment and typhoon disaster; study on earthquake disaster; study on …The Philippines is one of the most natural hazard-prone countries in the world. The social and economic cost of natural …

The Philippines by virtue of its geographic circumstances is highly prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes …, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and floods, making it one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. This report … seeks to document the impacts of natural disasters on the social and economic development of the Philippines; assess the …