Resilient transport investments: a climate imperative for Small Island Developing Countries

This blog post was co-authored by Franz Drees-Gross, Director, Transport and ICT Global Practice, and Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice.…

Franz Drees-Gross, Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez |
Climate Change, Transport, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Urban Development

Fragility, conflict, and natural disasters – a ‘one-size fits all’ approach to resilience?

A partner from the EU assesses damage to an apartment building in Ukraine. Photo credit: EU It’s a simple yet essential idea: war and disaster are linked, and these links must be examined to…

Francis Ghesquiere |
Climate Change, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development

Can land registration institutions be reformed in deeply entrenched bureaucracies?

Turkey has radically transformed its land title registration system, and decreased the turnaround time for recording property transactions to just two hours. I just returned from Turkey where I…

Wael Zakout |
Agriculture and Food, Governance, Urban Development, Digital Development

Sekaranglah waktunya memperkuat pengendalian risiko bencana di Asia Timur dan Pasifik

In PDF: Korean | Khmer Setiap kali saya diberitahu terjadinya kembali sebuah bencana alam – tentang korban jiwa masyarakat, rumah-rumah yang hancur, matapencaharian yang hilang – saya teringat…

Axel van Trotsenburg |
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Urban Development