AT A GLANCE Country Sri LankaRisks Climate change exacerbating extreme weather eventsArea of Engagement Scaling up the resilience of cities In response to devastating floods, the government of Sri...
AT A GLANCE Country VietnamRisks Climate change change exacerbating extreme weather eventsArea of Engagement Enabling resilient recovery The government of Vietnam has implemented a comprehensive...
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, close local and regional coordination allowed for quick recovery from devastating floods Supporting Resilience in Reconstruction A RECURRING RISK OF FLOODING Between May 14...
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AT A GLANCE Region Central Asia Risks Extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change Area of Engagement Strengthening hydromet services and early warning systems The Central Asia...
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Modernizing weather services can reduce climate & disaster risk. Through the Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernization Project (CAHMP) the World Bank with technical support from GFDRR is helping...
Executive Summary Rationale Dhaka is the cultural, political, and financial center of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in South Asia, with a population of...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This performance evaluation using Case Study design and mixed methods focused on opensource, DIY remote weather stations (RWSs) in Sri Lanka. First innovated under a project...
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This activity report summarizes activities of Result Area 5, also known as the Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRF) Initiative—referred to as the “ADRF Initiative,” the “Initiative” or “R5”—from...
This report summarizes the activities and achievements under the Result 2 of the Program Building Disaster Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) have...
All public GPP documents are available on the ‘Agenda for Humanity’ (A4H) website, in the initiatives section - http://www.agendaforhumanity.org/initiatives/gpp. Documentation The GPP country...
The World Bank Group’s (WBG) City Resilience Program (CRP) is an effort to assist city governments to build greater resilience to climate and disaster risks. For many major cities in the world,...
Con el fin de avanzar en la construcción de un Plan Nacional para la Atención de Desastres se ha desarrollado una estrategia como marco fundamental para la planificación de la respuesta que permite a...
Los últimos eventos ocurridos, incluido el sismo del 2016, inundaciones y deslizamientos provocados por el Fenómeno El Niño y diversas temporadas invernales en el país, así como, las erupciones del...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Japan has built the resilience of its water supply and sanitation (WSS) services through an adaptive management approach based on lessons learned from past natural disasters. This...
BACKGROUND Government support for industrial activities and the private sector is critical for sustainable economic development and achievement of the World Bank Group (WBG)’s twin goals—eliminating...
The Somalia Drought Impact and Needs Assessment (DINA), a process led by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and Federal Member States (FMS), with technical and financial support by the World...
The Somalia Drought Impact and Needs Assessment (DINA), a process led by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in partnership with the Federal Member States (FMS), the World Bank (WB), United...
This drought impact and needs assessment (DINA) was conducted using remote sensing technology to validate findings. This DINA goes beyond determining the damages, losses and resulting needs; it aims...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Recurrent drought, food insecurity, and subsequent risks of famine have created a devastating and increasingly unsustainable cycle of events in Somalia in recent decades. About $6.8...