Joaquin Toro

Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Joaquín Toro is the regional coordinator for disaster risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank. He joined the Bank in 2003 in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and helped setting up the LAC and Europe and Central Asia DRM Teams. He is part of the founders of Understanding Risk Community and Forums. He has more than 20 years of disaster risk management experience and holds a master’s degree in engineering management and systems engineering from George Washington University.
- ¿Cuál es el Plan “V”?
- What is “Plan V”?
- Rodovias: o tendão de Aquiles do Brasil?
- Are roads and highways the Achilles Heel of Brazil?
- Assessing disaster risk in Europe and Central Asia – what did we learn?
- Risk in Vienna City Hall
- «Взболтать, но не смешивать»
- "Shaken, not stirred"
- Зачем нам дальше обсуждать вопросы снижения рисков землетрясений в Центральной Азии?
- Why do we need to talk more about risk reduction in Central Asia
- Is the region ready for the next big one?
- A 10-Hour Crash Course in Japanese Solidarity and Resilience
- Entender o risco é só o primeiro passo
- Entender el riesgo es solo el primer paso
- Gestión de riesgos de desastres: una estrategia de desarrollo sostenible
- Disaster risk management, a strategy for sustainable development
- There is nothing ‘Natural’ in Natural Disasters
- No hay nada de "natural" en los desastres naturales