This Results Profile talks about World
Bank’s technical assistance to boosts Djibouti’s disaster
risk management. Through the World Bank-managed Global
Facility for...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC) has been described by one senior African diplomat at
the United Nations as a 'state in the making; it is not
yet a state.'...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62029Date: March 2, 2011Author:
Gambino, Tony
Community-Driven Development (or CDD)
projects are now a major component of World Bank assistance
to many developing countries. While varying greatly in size
and form,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 61225Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Barron, Patrick
Every country should develop strategies
for managing low-probability, high-impact extreme
events-strategies that reflect their own as well as global
experiences with...
Type: BriefReport#: 80077Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Hiroki,Kenzo
A mega-disaster can destroy government
offices and kill public officials. In the Great East Japan
Earthquake (GEJE), many municipalities in Tohoku suffered
serious damage...
Type: BriefReport#: 80094Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Keicho, Toshiaki
The purpose of this strategy note is to:
(i) understand the underlying structural causes, cyclical
nature, scale, and impact of involuntary internal
displacement due...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63885Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Coletta, Nat J.
Structures such as dikes play a crucial
role in preventing disasters by controlling tsunamis,
floods, debris flows, landslides, and other natural
phenomena. However,...
Public facilities and infrastructure can
be built in such a way as to reduce disaster risks and serve
as disaster risk management facilities. Roads, expressways,
and...
Type: BriefReport#: 80102Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Sagara, Junko
Following its devastating experience
with recent disasters, Japan has been strengthening or
drawing up new disaster management plans at the national and
local levels....
Type: BriefReport#: 80098Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Ikeda, Makoto
Over the recent year, humanity has faced
natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact.
However, governments and international aid organizations do
not systematically...
Type: BriefReport#: 60414Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Thomas, Vinod
Community evacuation measures should be
the centerpiece of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) systems.
Because the Sanriku region has suffered from frequent
tsunamis, its...
Local communities play a key role in
preparing for disastrous events such as the Great East Japan
Earthquake (GEJE), and are normally the first responders to
take action....
Type: BriefReport#: 80097Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Shaw, Rajib ;
Ishiwatari, Mikio ;
Arnold, Margaret
The Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE)
was a multi hazard event. A massive quake triggered a series
of tsunamis of unprecedented dimension, as well as the
subsequent...
In this note, the instruments supporting
risk retention and risk financing at the national and
regional/international levels will be the sole focus. Risk
transfer, including...
Type: BriefReport#: 60456Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Poundrik, Sandeep
The purpose of this strategy note is to:
(i) understand the underlying structural causes, cyclical
nature, scale, and impact of involuntary internal
displacement due...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64352Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Coletta, Nat J.
In response to the Great East Japan
Earthquake (GEJE), domestic and international assistance
initiatives were launched by a large number of public and
private sectors...
Type: BriefReport#: 80086Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Osa, Yukie ;
Sagara, Junko ;
Ishiwatari, Mikio
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