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The Women's Resilience Index (WRI) assesses countries capacity for risk reduction in disaster and recovery, and the extent to which women are considered in national efforts. It measures and compares the disaster resilience of South Asian countries

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This document communicates key recommendations of experts working on disaster risk reduction in Nepal, Pakistan and India on the issues that subsequent drafts of the the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction must contain. Insights were collected

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This publication contributes to an improved understanding of the water resources of the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) region by drawing together knowledge from the eight research projects of the South Asia Water Initiative Small Grants Program. By bringing

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This publication captures the findings of a study on flood early warning systems in Nepal that assessed the institutional arrangements, key stakeholders, legal provisions, coordination and linkage mechanisms, and four key elements of early warning systems

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This publication provides a comprehensive account of the status of glaciers of Nepal in approximately 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010 to facilitate a better understanding of glacier dynamics over the past three decades, which contributes to preventing the

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This book contains the results of two research projects about the impacts of climate change on indigenous women and the role of indigenous women in traditional forest ecosystem and resource management. It proposes the development of indicators to measure

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This magazine is aimed to support practitioner and research communities who focus on hazards, risks or resilience including those who specialise in policy. It is also for anyone interested in learning about the the interdisciplinary research the Institute

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This report synthesizes the results of country and sector studies on the economic costs and benefits of unilateral and regional actions on climate change in ADB’s six South Asia developing members, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal

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