World: Disaster Risk Management Programs for Priority Countries - 2009
Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, World Bank, GFDRRCountry: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti,...
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Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, World Bank, GFDRRCountry: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti,...
View ArticleWorld: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2011, Volume 2:...
Source: World BankCountry: Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands,...
View ArticleWorld: Acting Today For Tomorrow: A Policy and Practice Note for Climate and...
Source: World Bank, GFDRRCountry: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue (New Zealand), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands,...
View ArticleVanuatu: More than 10,000 Vanuatu residents to benefit from natural disaster...
Source: World BankCountry: VanuatuSYDNEY, December 17, 2012 – The European Union, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the Global Environment Facility and the Government of Vanuatu...
View ArticleVanuatu: Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts To Benefit Tens Of Thousands Of...
Source: World BankCountry: VanuatuPORT VILA, January 29 2013 --- The World Bank and the Government of Vanuatu last week launched two programs to address climate change and disaster risk management in...
View ArticleWorld: Pacific Islands Forum to Respond to Climate Change
Source: World BankCountry: Kiribati, Samoa, Vanuatu, WorldSTORY HIGHLIGHTSThe Pacific Islands countries are among the most vulnerable to effects of climate change and natural hazards.Global efforts...
View ArticleCook Islands: Cook Islands Joins Pilot Program to Insure Against Natural...
Source: World BankCountry: Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, VanuatuCoverage increases to help 6 Pacific Island Nations better respond to natural disasters SYDNEY, November...
View ArticleVanuatu: Confessions of a mobile phone skeptic in the Pacific
Source: World BankCountry: VanuatuSUBMITTED BY LAURA KEENAN ON MON, 11/18/2013I must admit to being notoriously bad with a mobile phone. I forget to take it with me, leave it in parks and cafés and...
View ArticleVanuatu: Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department Launches 24/7 Disaster...
Source: World BankCountry: VanuatuPORT VILA, Vanuatu, November 21, 2013 – The Vanuatu National Warning Centre was officially opened today in Port Vila, to help the Pacific Islands nations assess the...
View ArticleWorld: Hardship and Vulnerability in the Pacific Island Countries - A...
Source: World BankCountry: Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, WorldHardship & Vulnerability are Pressing Issues for Pacific Island CountriesHardship &...
View ArticleTonga: Disaster Insurance on the Agenda in the Pacific
Source: World BankCountry: Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, VanuatuNUKU’ALOFA, Tonga, March 24, 2014 --- Representatives of Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu...
View ArticleWorld: Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI)...
Source: Asian Development Bank, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, World BankCountry: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue (New Zealand),...
View ArticleWorld: Program to Insure Pacific Island Nations Against Natural Disasters...
Source: World BankCountry: Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, WorldGovernments of Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, and the Marshall Islands request extension of Successful...
View ArticleVanuatu: Country Note: Vanuatu - Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance...
Source: World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentCountry: VanuatuExecutive SummaryVanuatu is susceptible to a variety of both hydrometeorological and geophysical disasters due...
View ArticleWorld: Pacific Islands Prepare for a More Disaster Resilient Future
Source: World BankCountry: Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, WorldWASHINGTON, June 19, 2015 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$32.29 million in International...
View ArticleWorld: Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pilot - From Design to...
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency, World Bank, GFDRRCountry: Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, WorldExecutive SummaryIn January 2013, the World Bank...
View ArticleWorld: Advancing disaster risk financing & insurance in the Pacific. Regional...
Source: World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentCountry: Cook Islands, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, WorldKey Recommendationsfor...
View ArticleVanuatu: Vanuatu: Six Months after Cyclone Pam
Source: World BankCountry: VanuatuClick to view infographicSTORY HIGHLIGHTSVanuatu considered the world’s most at-risk country for natural disasters.In March 2015, Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam...
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