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In Focus - International Development Association (IDA) countries: Resilience and disaster risk management stories Format Foreword Grappling with their fair share of development challenges, countries supported by the International Development Association (IDA) are also highly vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate and intensifying disaster risk. The good news is that over the past decade, IDA countries have made tremendous progress in strengthening their ability to understand, manage and reduce risk, thus laying the groundwork for a more resilient future for their citizens. The Global...

European Union approves USD 150,000 to support St. Vincent and the Grenadines in volcano eruption response Format La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines erupted on April 9, spewing ash and hot gas and forcing approximately 16,000 people in high-risk zones to evacuate. Subsequent explosions blanketed the main island of St. Vincent in ash and produced pyroclastic flows which significantly affected homes, livestock and vegetation. Displaced persons have been relocated to emergency shelters and private homes; however, as water systems across the country have been shut down for da...

Caribbean volcano: thousands of children need urgent action on education Format UNICEF / Garraway © “We made it out just in time,” said Meddesha Johnson, pictured with one-month old daughter Emily at a shelter after been evacuated from their home on St Vincent Theirworld and Education Cannot Wait have called for schooling to be prioritised in relief efforts following eruptions on the island of St Vincent. The international community must act urgently to ensure that children affected by volcanic eruptions on a tiny Caribbean island do not miss out on education. About 20,000 people have be...

Inclusive Resilience: Inclusion Matters for Resilience in South Asia Format Foreword Climate change and natural disasters are some of the biggest threats confronting South Asia. Global evidence, including studies carried out by the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), indicate that these climatic and disaster events create disproportionate impacts on the poor and the marginalized. This publication contributes to this body of knowledge by analyzing the specific challenges marginalized groups and communities in South Asia experience in disaster context...

Women beneficiaries in the village of Soavina in Madagascar/ Sarah Farhat for the World Bank Gender matters. The World Bank Group is raising the bar on gender equality, by emphasizing outcomes and monitoring results of its interventions in client countries. So, what does this mean for our work in disaster risk management (DRM)? To mark International Women’s Day, we talked to Claudia Soto and Jana El-Horr, who are leading World Bank projects in Haiti and Madagascar, respectively. We wanted to find out how and why they considered gender when designing projects for strengthening resilience to ...