April 25-May 06, 2016Washington, D.C. From April 25 to May 6, 2016, "Social Safety Net Core Course 2016" was held at World Bank Group Head Quarters. This two-week core course builds on the latest ...

The challenges to mainstreaming disaster and climate resilience in the World Bank’s infrastructure investments in Asia range from technical to institutional, but the pay-offs are clear and Japanese ...

The LAC Region is exposed to a wide variety of natural hazards. Over the last decade, LAC countries, in partnership with the World Bank and other development organizations, have gradually shifted the ...

Panama has instituted critical reforms to improve its technical and institutional capacity to manage the disaster risk resulting from natural and health-related hazards. The reforms allowed for a ...

The study assessed the effectiveness and capacity improvement of DRM (Disaster Risk Management)/Natural Resource Management actors. Specific areas of assessment included, evaluating community disaster ...

WASHINGTON, March 21-- The World Bank issued the following news release, dated March 19: The World Bank approved today a $90 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) in ...

Disaster Risk Management officials are set to assess the damage caused by a fire in Hout Bay's Imizamo Yethu informal ...

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay (PIA) – The Office of Civil Defense has enhanced the Bicol region’s disaster risk management (DRM) capability by increasing its pool of DRM specialists by over 300 in the past six ...

Following a devastating fire in Imizamo Yethu, Disaster Risk Management officials are assessing the damage and mobilising ...