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  • Kampala : Disaster Risk and Climate Change Resilience Strategy (English)

    Kampala faces a wide array of hazards that hinder economic growth and opportunity. Flooding, fires, human epidemics, air pollution, environmental degradation, building collapses, earthquakes, erosion...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 171519 Document Date: May 12, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Patrick Musoke,Nakyagaba Kiyingi,Campos Garcia,Ana,Newman,James P.

  • Disaster Resilient and Responsive Public Financial Management : An Assessment Tool (English)

    The Disaster Resilient and Responsive Public Financial Management (DRR-PFM) Assessment is designed to help countries strengthen the capability of their Public Financial Management (PFM) systems to prepare...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 168981 Document Date: March 11, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: April,Leah,Sutherland,Richard Anthony,Newman,James P.,Myers,C. Bernard,Zrinski,Urska,Fozzard,Adrian

  • Resilient Cultural Heritage : Learning from the Japanese Experience (English)

    Japan’s cultural heritage (CH) is among the richest in the world, but the country is faced with some of the most difficult challenges in its exposure to hazards. With earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 153639 Document Date: October 13, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Newman,James P.,Minguez Garcia,Barbara,Kawakami,Kaori,Akieda,Yumi Isabelle Naito

  • Uzbekistan : Resilient Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development (English)

    In Uzbekistan, authorities instituted strong health and social distancing measures in March to contain local transmission of COVID-19, with national and international flights being cancelled. This has...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 153641 Document Date: October 13, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Newman,James P.,Minguez Garcia,Barbara,Rai,Manjusha,Jigyasu,Rohit,Kim,Dowon,Mukai,Junko,Biondo,Juliana J

  • Technical Deep Dive on Seismic Risk and Resilience : Summary Report (English)

    Every year, approximately 70,000 people die worldwide from natural disasters. Most of these deaths are caused by building collapse during earthquakes, and the great majority occur in developing countries...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 129573 Document Date: March 16, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Newman,James P.,Barker,Louisa Helen

  • Technical knowledge exchange on resilient transport : Summary report (English)

    On May 8–12, 2017, the World Bank Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Hub in Tokyo and the Resilient Transport Community of Practice (CoP) hosted a week-long Technical Knowledge Exchange (TKX) in Tokyo that...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 123890 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Forni,Marc S.,Newman,James P.,Toya,Akiko,Jain,Vibhu

  • Technical deep dive on resilient cultural heritage and tourism : summary report (English)

    The technical deep dive (TDD) on resilient cultural heritage and tourism (CHT) was held in April 2017 in Tokyo and Kyoto, and brought together officials from nine developing countries, along with World...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127173 Document Date: April 14, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Newman,James P.,Minguez Garcia,Barbara,Jain,Vibhu

  • Technical deep dive on hydromet services for early warning : summary report (English)

    The Technical Deep Dive (TDD) on Hydromet Services for Early Warning was held on September 12–15, 2016, in Tokyo. The TDD allowed developing country clients to learn from Japan’s approach to hydrological...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 123889 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Siercke,Guillermo A.,Newman,James P.,Jain,Vibhu

  • Technical deep dive on integrated urban risk management : summary report (English)

    The first technical deep dive (TDD) on integrated urban flood risk management (IUFRM) was held on April 18 to 21, 2016. It was co-organized by the World Bank disaster risk management Hub, Tokyo, and the...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 114350 Document Date: April 21, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Newman,James P.,Jain,Vibhu,Himmelfarb,Anne