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Recovery

The restoring or improving of livelihoods and health, as well as economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets, systems and activities, of a disaster-affected community or society, aligning with the principles of sustainable development and “build back better”, to avoid or reduce future disaster risk.

Latest Recovery additions in the Knowledge Base

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Cyclone Lola leaves trail of destruction in Northern Vanuatu, warning for cyclone season

Making landfall on 26 October 2023, Cyclone Lola has left a path of destruction with damage to houses, schools, infrastructure, plantations, and roads – making some of the most affected communities currently inaccessible to outside assistance.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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Documents and publications

Input paper on financing Disaster Risk Reduction, preparedness, relief, early recovery and reconstruction

This chapeau paper provides a high-level overview of financing mechanisms, their purposes, and opportunities to increase financing for disaster risk management.
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Documents and publications

Towards transformative action: The unfulfilled promise of resilient recovery

The report delves into the critical yet often overlooked phase of recovery, emphasizing the need to prioritize and integrate resilience in recovery efforts to prepare vulnerable communities for current and future climate impacts.
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Documents and publications

Resilient public investment: Post-Covid economic recovery in LAC

This factsheet presents findings from an analysis of 14 Latin American countries to document the SNIPs’ response to the pandemic, as well as to draw recommendations and lessons-learned for stimulating economic recovery in a resilient manner.
Yellow building collapsed after an earthquake.
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Earthquake response: Key takeaways from our lessons learned discussion with the Turkish business community

Private, public, and intergovernmental stakeholders ask how can we ensure that good practices, lessons learned, and challenges are captured to improve and prepare for the next inevitable response in Türkiye, or elsewhere in the world?
Connecting Business initiative
Flooded street and house in Eastern South Africa
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The environmental dimensions of Libya’s flood disaster

Researchers examine the main environmental short and long-term considerations, both to help inform the humanitarian response and later recovery in Libya. They also reflect on how years of conflict and insecurity in Libya contributed to the disaster.
Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)
February 6th earthquake: Current situation analysis and needs assessment - Research report
Documents and publications

February 6th earthquake: Current situation analysis and needs assessment - Research report

This study presents recovery needs assessment across selected sectors and presents findings on key challenges for recovery from the 2023 Turkiye-Syria Earthquakes.
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Documents and publications

Recovery for development: A multi-dimensional, practice-oriented framework for transformative change post-disaster

This paper focuses on the lessons emerging for recovery-related theory and practice deriving from the pandemic. Disasters are a primary influence in the global development landscape given their unequal impacts across society
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