Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters

The World Bank has released Safer homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters.

The handbook is not a quick, fit‐all recipe for reconstruction policy, instead it provides elements to create a tailored one which will likely lead to better outcomes. It emphasizes the need for countries to invest in capacity building and establish a culture of risk management before disasters hit and to ensure that tools to analyze and mitigate risks are widely understood and diligently applied. To this end the Handbook fills a widespread gap in managing largescale reconstruction programs.” READ MORE

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