Overview of a variety of examples where digital media have been put to use for disaster preparedness and humanitarian assistance in Indonesia. Analysis: Humanitarians tap into Indonesians’ digital activism http://www.irinnews.org/report/98708/analy...

An article by Amir Murtaza published by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the interests and capabilities of children to paly a role in decision-making related to development plans for their schools, playgrounds, and streets. Pakistan: Children can...

Overview of the history and work of the Youth Preparedness Council convened by FEMA to engage youth in guiding national preparedness programs. FEMA Youth Preparedness Council History http://www.ready.gov/youth-preparedness

Data on world population from the United States Census Bureau disaggregated by age and sex. United States Census Bureau World Population by Age and Sex https://www.census.gov/popclock/   

The Sendai Report argues that the practice of disaster risk management (DRM) is a defining characteristic of resilient societies, and should therefore be integrated– or ‘mainstreamed’–into all aspects of development. The report outlines how t...

Part of a series of notes developed by the World Bank and the Government of Japan that analyze and synthesize what worked, what did not, and why in the response to the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, offering recommendations for developing co...

“As part of its disaster risk management efforts, the Federal Government of Mexico established the Fund for Natural Disasters FONDEN to support disaster relief and reconstruction. FONDEN was originally established as a budgetary tool through wh...

The CCRIF is a regional insurance facility owned and operated by 16 Caribbean governments. The facility insures the governments against the impacts of catastrophic hurricanes and earthquakes and allows them to access liquidity on short notice using p...

The TCIP is an insurance pool which seeks to provide affordable insurance to homeowners, especially those in urban residential areas, and to reduce the fiscal exposure of the Turkish government by accumulating funds for future disasters, sharing port...