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The Effective Shelter and Infrastructure Provision Post Disaster workshop began with a presentation from the World Bank's Yasemin Aysan. Ms. Aysan began with a review of OCHA's study of...
The main objectives of this study have been two-fold. On the one hand, the study has attempted to establish the extent of financial vulnerability of governments and households to natural hazards...
The catastrophic risk analysis quantifies the risks of hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and loss, thus providing the decision maker with the necessary information to make optimum decisions on...
This publication presents a collection of 18 indigenous practices which were developed over time in the communities in the Asia-Pacific region. Types of disasters include earthquake, cyclone (...
In Papua New Guinea, over 97% of land is under customary title. There is significant pressure, from both the Australian government and the World Bank to reform land ownership systems on the...
This report examines the housing finance mechanisms in South Africa. It report looks at the macro-economic conditions and legal environment in which housing finance is operating. It discusses the...
The unprecedented scale of recent earthquakes in Chile, Haiti and Japan underlines the importance of having the body of knowledge and best practices easily available for affected governments in...
This literature review contains a list of references to publications and case studies relevant to the shelter component of humanitarian response following disasters. Literature was selected from...
Hurricane Mitch caused tremendous losses to human life, property, livelihoods, and physical infrastructure throughout Central America. Its effects were greatest in two of the poorest countries in...
The report looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens. Economists emphasize self-interest to explain how people choose the amount of prevention, insurance, and coping. But lenses can...