The development objective of the First National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project for India is to reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa to cyclone and other hydro meteorological hazards.
... See More + The restructuring will extend the closing date from October 2, 2017 (parent project) and October 31, 2017 (additional financing) to December 31, 2018 to enable the project to complete the implementation of the remaining works and substantially achieve its objectives including fully disbursing the remaining funds.
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The development objective of the Pacific Resilience Project Under Pacific Resilience Program for Tonga is to strengthen early warning, resilient investments, and financial protection of Tonga.
... See More + The restructuring will bring the following changes: (i) the World Bank treasury will no longer act on behalf of Tonga and will not enter into contracts with re-insurance companies; (ii) under the arrangements, the premia will be paid by the direct payment method by the implementing entity; (iii) disaster insurance coverage is treated as a non-consulting service from a procurement perspective. The direct contracting of Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) will be done on an exceptional circumstance listed under paragraph 3.7(e) of the procurement guidelines as the provision of catastrophe risk insurance is a form of ex ante contract that provides support in the event of a natural disaster. The remaining procurement transactions for Tonga for non-consulting services will be subject to the Bank’s post review; and (iv) the financing agreement for the project will be amended to include a covenant which requires Tonga to enter into an insurance contract with PCRIC or other catastrophe risk insurance provider, under terms and conditions acceptable to International Development Association (IDA), to obtain insurance coverage of the disaster and climate-related events.
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The development objective of the Emergency Flood Disaster Reconstruction Project for Vietnam is support the government in overcoming long-term natural disasters through reconstruction of prioritized infrastructures in some flood-damaged provinces in 2016 and through capacity building for efficient response to natural disasters in the coming years.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are include : (i) cash compensation for affected agricultural land; (ii) livelihood restoration assistance will be provided for the affected land; (iii) for agricultural, garden and pond land adjacent to, but not included in the category of residential land, affected households (AHs) will receive assistance according to the provisions of the PPC; (iv) all compensation for loss of residential land will be made in cash at 100 percent replacement cost; (v) compensation and assistance will be paid in cash, without any depreciation of the structure and without deduction for salvageable materials; (vi) for annual and perennial standing crops, regardless of the legal status of the land, compensation will be paid to households who cultivate the land, according to full replacement cost will be paid to the affected persons who cultivate the land; (vii) For aquatic livestock which are not due to be harvested at the time of land recovery, the harvest will be compensated in cash at replacement cost at the time of land acquisition; (viii) in the case of the affected households is equipped with telephone system, water meter, electric meter, cable TV, internet access (subscription), well shall be compensated according to unit price of installing new units offer service announcement or relocation costs due to service providers regulations; (ix) households, individuals who are compensated by agricultural land will be, supported production rehabilitation; (x) for land acquisition of public land funds of communes, wards or townships, the assistance level is sixty percent price of same-type agricultural land in the price list issued by the PPC; (xi) other poor AHs, will be assisted in cash equal to thirty kilograms rice per person per month for a period of six months or in accordance with provincial policy, whichever is higher; (xii) damaged property will be restored to its former condition by contractors, immediately upon completion of civil works; and (xiv) in case the project causes restriction of access to resources or residents’ establishments, such households will be received necessary additional compensation amount or allowances.
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The development objective of the Emergency Natural Disaster Reconstruction Project for Vietnam is to reconstruct and rehabilitate infrastructure assets in disaster-affected project provinces and strengthen the capacity of the Government to effectively respond to future disaster events.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) collection of redundancy material on site is implemented daily. Upon forecasted stormy weather, suspend all the construction activities, tidy up the sites, brace and protect the materials and construction machines. (ii) before dredging, reinforcement of banks will be conducted. This construction method must be proposed and submitted to the authorities concerned for approval by the construction contractors. (iii) coordinate with management unit of waterway to flag the signal system on the inland waterway the transport will travel through; (iv) arrange drainage around the construction sites to prevent soil erosion and sedimentation into the rice fields and irrigation canals; (v)exposed soil and material stockpiles shall be protected against wind erosion and the location of stockpiles shall take into consideration the prevailing wind directions and locations of sensitive receptors ; (vi) implement measure to collect, redirect or block municipal wastewater disposed from surrounding houses to properly dispose and ensure that local blocking or flooding are minimized; (vii) recyclable materials such as wooden plates for trench works, steel, scaffolding material, site holding, packaging material, etc. shall be collected and separated on-site from other waste sources for reuse, for use as fill, or for sale; (viii) used oil, lubricants, cleaning materials, etc. from the maintenance of vehicles and machinery shall be collected in holding tanks and removed from site by a specialized oil recycling company for disposal at an approved hazardous waste site; (ix) installation of lighting at night must be done if this is necessary to ensure safe traffic circulation; (x) all affected areas shall be landscaped and any necessary remedial works shall be undertaken without delay. these works may be green-spacing, roads, bridges and other works to original existing etc.; (xi) install fences, barriers, dangerous warning or prohibition site around the construction area which showing potential danger to public people. (xii) provide safety measures as installation of fences, barriers warning signs, lighting system against traffic accidents as well as other risk to people and sensitive areas.
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The development objective of the Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan with a Deferred Drawdown Option for Catastrophe Risks Project for Dominican Republic is to support the Government of the Dominican Republic in: (a) strengthening institutions for improved climate and disaster resilience in priority sectors; and (b) establishing mandatory regulations for climate and disaster risk reduction in public investment and construction works.
... See More + The program has two pillars: Pillar A - Strengthening institutions for improved climate and disaster resilience in priority sectors; and Pillar B - Establishing mandatory regulations for climate and disaster risk reduction in public investment and construction works. The policy reforms supported by the proposed operation ensure the sustainability of the Government’s efforts and commitment to a holistic approach to disaster risk reduction based on accountability and international best practices adapted to the context of the Dominican Republic.
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The Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) helps Middle Income Countries develop and implement comprehensive financial protection strategies that bring together different financial instruments to protect against disasters of different frequency and severity.
... See More + By securing the funds for disaster response in advance and putting in place the budget systems to rapidly and effectively execute them, this approach helps governments become more effective risk managers. The program for Middle Income Countries is structured around five main activities.
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Disasters—and their economic and social impacts—are on the rise. While disasters do not discriminate, they tend to have the greatest impact on the poorest.
... See More + These households have limited assets and limited capacity to absorb shocks, so disaster impacts can have long-lasting consequences for them. Furthermore, women and girls often bear brunt of direct (mortality rates higher among women) and indirect (negative impacts on nutrition and school performance are disproportionately high among girls) impacts of disasters. Rapid assistance during a crisis is essential to build the resilience and protect the welfare of poor and vulnerable households. Disaster risk finance (DRF) can play a role in ensuring that disaster response mechanisms react and respond quickly. The development objective of our work on Resilient Livelihoods is to increase the resilience of chronic and transitory poor households to disaster events.
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As extreme weather events intensify due to climate change, it becomes ever more critical to understand how vulnerable households are to these events and the mechanisms households can rely on to minimize losses effectively.
... See More + This paper analyzes the impacts of the floods that occurred during the 2014/15 growing season in Malawi, using a two-period panel data set. The results show that while yields were dramatically lower for households severely affected by the floods, drops in food consumption expenditures and calories per capita were less dramatic. However, dietary quality, as captured by the food consumption score, was significantly lower for flood-affected households. Although access to social safety nets increased food consumption outcomes, particularly for those in moderately-affected areas, the proportion of households with access to certain safety net programs was lower in 2015 compared with 2013. The latter finding suggests that linking these programs more closely to disaster relief efforts could substantially improve welfare outcomes during and after a natural disaster. Finally, risk-coping strategies, including financial account ownership, access to off-farm income sources, and adult children living away from home, were generally ineffective in mitigating the negative impacts of the floods.
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Policy Research Working Paper WPS8189 SEP 08, 2017
Mccarthy,Nancy; Kilic,Talip; De La Fuente,Alejandro; Brubaker,JoshDisclosed
The PCRAFI Program is a comprehensive, regional effort to increase financial resilience to climate and disaster risks in the Pacific through the development of a regional catastrophe risk pool and technical assistance.
... See More + The PCRAFI Program – Phase II builds upon 10 years' experience of the Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) working across the Pacific with regional agencies, governments, donors and the World Bank Group. Beginning in 2007, ministers of finance from PICs and development partners began to explore catastrophe risk insurance as a regional mechanism to enhance the financial resilience of PICs. This catalyzed the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI) - Phase I, which laid the technical foundation and acquired the requisite data to model a catastrophe risk insurance pool.
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The Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Program (DRFIP), through its Disaster Risk Financing Analytics (DRF Analytics) function, aims to strengthen the financial management of climate and disaster shocks by providing quantitative financial and economic analysis and tools for risk-informed decision making.
... See More + Analytics bridges the gap between disaster risk data and risk-informed decision making. Catastrophe risk data and information lay the foundation for financial protection solutions against natural disasters. Data needs to be aggregated, refined and analyzed in order to inform decision making. Analytics translates technical data into usable information to inform and facilitate decision making.
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Ratings for the Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Credit and Loan Project for Bolivia were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was moderate, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was also moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: the use of a single-tranche DPO instrument to support the DRM agenda can lead to limited results during implementation while the use of a programmatic financing instrument could better ensure continued World Bank dialogue and lead to sustainability of operational achievements. The time frame to achieve both medium-term program outcomes and results under the DPO needs to consider external factors that may affect the pace of implementation. During the preparation of this operation, there were discussions to define and understand the scope of the DPO and align it with the Government’s targets to be achieved within the implementation time frame. A Government program supported by a World Bank DPO, specifically if it is single tranche, can face many challenges given that the aim is to support policy reforms that take time to operationalize and implement. The DPO has shifted DRM policies to better address known disaster risks in the existing institutional set up. By supporting a more strategic and formal set of regulations, the DPO has allowed the Government of Bolivia at both national and sub-national levels to be better structured to respond to disasters as well as to implement risk identification and mitigation strategies. For instance, firefighters and local governments are now better equipped by processes and funding to respond to disasters. In addition, new projects are screened through the Plurinational Authority of Mother Earth and Vice Ministry of Public Investment and External Financing requirement of preliminary aptitude assessments (e.g. Informe Tecnico de Condiciones Previas).
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR3891 AUG 08, 2017
This Executive Directors' strategic engagements work program covers FY18 Q1, Q2, and updated reports and other documents to be circulated for information for FY18 Q1.
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This is a background paper to the Pacific Possible report. Climate change and natural disasters represent major threats to Pacific Island countries.
... See More + The report estimates the cost of climate adaptation measures for Pacific Island countries. It also proposes a range of strategies for dealing with the high uncertainty surrounding the impact of climate change over the next 25 years.
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This document presents a five-step process to support World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) in the design of evaluations for resilience-building projects/programs.
... See More + Steps are organized around key factors TTLs should consider when planning, designing, implementing, and managing evaluations. Primarily written for TTLs familiar with resilience-building, this document seeks to inform design and delivery of relevant, robust, and useful evaluations. This document is not meant to serve as an all encompassing or prescriptive manual for conducting evaluations of climate and disaster resilience building projects/programs. The purpose of this document is rather to help TTLs know what to do differently when managing an evaluation for such interventions. Although resilience-building can be very sector specific, the document is not tailored to any specific area. Rather, it draws on experience and insight from across a range of sectors of cross-cutting relevance. The aim is that this guide should contribute to more coherent, robust, and useful evaluations of resilience building projects/programs regardless of the sector in question.
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The development objective of the Emergency Natural Disaster Reconstruction Project for Vietnam is to reconstruct and rehabilitate infrastructure assets in disaster-affectedproject provinces (85 percent) and strengthen the capacity of the Government to effectivelyrespond to future disaster events (15 percent).
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) requirements of land acquisition for construction works, which is inevitable, and or temporary disruptions of local people livelihood during construction time; (ii) During theconstruction time, there will be temporary impacts on people's agricultural productionas well as the potential impacts on the natural fishing of people in La tinh river area(Binh Dinh sub-project), bamboo harvesting (Ninh Thuan sub-project); (iii) rehabilitation of roadand/or road sections might limit or prevent local people from transpotation, which require through traffic to take different routes or reducing the number of lanes that can be used; (iv) involveroad rehabilitation, and or upgrading irrigation and flood control, households who living along or nearby proposed project road or do agricultural production at the project targeted areas may be potentially affected during the construction operation; (v) the contractor should work closely with local government to ensure the construction of the camps for workers and take into account factors that prevent / reduce the risk of negative impact on the daily lives and activities of ethnic minority people.
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The development objective of the Emergency Flood Disaster Reconstruction Project for Vietnam is to support the government in overcoming long-term natural disasters through reconstruction of prioritized infrastructures in some flood-damaged provinces in 2016 and through capacity building for efficient response to natural disasters in the coming years.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are include : (i) inform people concerning construction schedule in advance so that they could actively select crop varieties that have growth duration suitable to the construction schedule; (ii) raising community awareness of traffic safety and social evils prevention during the construction period; (iii) to ensure the environmental sanitation during the transportation of materials as well as provisions for offsets when infrastructure damaged; and (iv) to comply with the contract provisions on the load and the measures to ensure the environmental sanitation during the transportation of materials as well as provisions for offsets when infrastructure damaged.
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