Documents and publications

ODI Briefing paper.

This briefing paper offers some provisional answers, drawing on the results of investigations at ODI on the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters in eight developing countries and droughts in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Vol. 1: Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations.
Vol. 2: Study documentation.

This report presents the results of an independent study to assess the future savings from hazard mitigation activities. The study shows that money spent on reducing the

This paper asserts that there is no denying that air and water pollution lead to serious negative impacts on health and various economic goods and services, and addresses the valuation of these impacts. Recent advances in our understanding links to a)

The booklet “Why advocate for disaster risk reduction”, covering the issues advocacy and disaster risk reduction (DRR), is jointly produced by Tearfund and World Vision International. The booklet is aimed at organisations which are already involved in DRR

This report identifies a practical methodology to understand and quantify the natural hazards faced by the proposed safe islands or any inhabited island of Maldives.

Building the resilience of nations and communities to disaster: an introduction to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA):

This brochure outlines what is the Hyogo Framework for Action, its strategic goals and the five priorities for action:

1. Make

This is the first book to look at gender issues in disasters in the context of South Asia, where disasters have a crucial impact on the development process. It shows how exploring the specific capacities and vulnerabilities of men and women in disaster

HPN Network Paper no. 49.

This study presents a cost benefit analysis of two disaster mitigation and preparedness(DMP) interventions in India. The objective of the study is to analyze the net benefits resulting from DMP to assess the cost-effectiveness