Documents & Reports
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Fostering Rural Resilience : A Closer Look at China’s Agricultural Insurance Pilot - Learning from Experience : Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
China has one of the largest agricultural sectors in the world. Like many other countries, it has struggled to establish an effective agricultural insurance system that can attract the voluntary participation...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 150904 Document Date: July 16, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ye,Tao,Mu,Qingyan
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Natural Disaster Challenges in China : Key Trends and Insights - Learning from Experience : Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
Together with climate change, rapid economic growth and urbanization, China’s intensifying disaster risk is putting a strain on the country’s resources, environment, and ecology. Against this backdrop...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 150903 Document Date: July 16, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The Development of Catastrophe Insurance in China : An Exploration - Learning from Experience : Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
In the aftermath of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, the Chinese government recognized the importance of catastrophe insurance in promoting rapid rehabilitation and recovery following a disaster. China has...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 150900 Document Date: July 16, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ye,Tao,Mu,Qingyan
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Learning from Experience : Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
China has long known more than its fair share of disasters, including earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and droughts. The good news is that in recent decades, the country has made tremendous headway in building...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 150124 Document Date: June 25, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ghesquiere,Francis,Xiao,Yuan,Mehta,Barjor E.,Wu,Xiao,Zhao,Hongwei,Vargas,Erika,Piccio,Lorenzo Angelo Bautista
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Integrating Disaster Risk Management in China Urban Operations : Completion Report (English)
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) supported: (i) mainstreaming disaster risk management principles across sixteen investment projects in the urban and DRM team’s China portfolio;...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 150116 Document Date: June 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The Counterpart Support Program for the Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery - Lessons and Reflections : Learning from Experience - Insights from China's Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
In response to the devastation of the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, the Chinese government established a counterpart support program for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. The program designated...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 150901 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yang,Saini,Xu, Wei
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Leveraging Space-Based Satellite Technologies for Emergencies and Disasters in China - Learning from Experience : Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
In the 12 years since the Wenchuan Earthquake, China has quickly established a relatively comprehensive space-based system of disaster and emergency monitoring. The development of this capability has strengthened...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 150902 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wu, Jidong
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Disaster Loss Statistics in China - Advancing Risk-Informed Decision Making : Learning from Experience - Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management : Disaster Loss Statistics in China : Advancing Risk-Informed Decision Making - Learning from Experience : Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
Systematic disaster data are critical to effective disaster risk management. This was illustrated in the aftermath of the magnitude 8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake, which struck southwestern China in 2008, when...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 150897 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wu, Jidong
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National Demonstration Communities for Disaster Risk Reduction - Progress and Challenges : Learning from Experience - Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
The result of the joint efforts by the government, communities, enterprises, and other key bodiesis that China’s progress on the development of its DRR demonstration communities has occurred in tandem...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 150896 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yang,Saini,Wu, Jingyan
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The Evolution of National Disaster Risk Reduction Plans in China - Learning from Experience : Insights from China’s Progress in Disaster Risk Management (English)
Rapid economic growth and urbanization in China are increasing the severity of the country’s disaster challenge, a situation increasingly exacerbated by climate change. China’s national DRR plans have...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 150898 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Xu, Wei,Qiao, Yu,Wu, Jidong