Asian Development Outlook 2019: strengthening disaster resilience

Publication language
English
Date published
03 Apr 2019
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Countries
Asia Pacific
Organisations
Asian Development Bank
Link
https://www.adb.org/publications/asian-development-outlook-2019-strengthening-di…

The report provides an overview of economic and development challenges, with a theme chapter focusing on disaster resilience in 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific - 'developing Asia'. The region is home to more than four-fifths of the people affected by disasters globally in the past two decades. The report discusses how countries can integrate disaster risk reduction into national development and investment plans, spend more on prevention, and pool risk through insurance and reinsurance. It highlights the multiple dividends of investing in disaster resilience.