An exercise in Central America included a financial response simulation conducted by the World Bank Disaster Risk Management team. This reflects the increasing importance that countries in the…

Rolando Durán Vargas, Francisco Javier Jeria León |

Notwithstanding its many achievements, Costa Rica’s cities are not the emblems of sustainability, efficiency, and livability that one would expect. Stagnant poverty rates and rising inequalities…

Carina Lakovits, Diana Tello Medina |

An innovative contingent finance and response mechanism can safeguard the farmers’ investment contributions and ensure that they have resources available to restart production in case of extreme…

Cristina Stefan, Diego Arias |

Public investment and urban planning are two strategies that guide countries' efforts toward sustainable development. However, if these strategies do not consider natural hazards, decades of…

Haris Sanahuja, Alonso Brenes, Pol Nadal Cros |

East Asia entered the COVID-19 pandemic first and is likely to be the first region to recover. The region can turn this crisis to its long-term advantage by adopting bold and imaginative policies…

Victoria Kwakwa |

Multiple and overlapping disaster and crises are demonstrating the need for adaptability and flexibility of national disaster risk management (DRM) systems. Here are five ideas to consider when…

Jian Vun, Jolanta Kryspin-Watson |

Improving revenue administration could play in strengthening domestic resource mobilization while supporting sustainable forest management.

Amanda Robbins, Emily Kallaur |

According to a Pan American Health Organization assessment, nearly seven out of 10 hospitals in Latin America and the Caribbean are in areas vulnerable to natural hazards.

Mirtha Escobar, Joaquin Toro, Jack Campbell |

Central America’s diverse population includes more than 60 groups of Indigenous Peoples, whose systems of cultural, economic, political, and social organization have developed over centuries.

Carolina Hoyos, Ramiro Batzin, Margaret Arnold |