Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction

The Philippines by virtue of its geographic circumstances is highly prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and floods, making it one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. This report seeks to document the impacts of natural disasters on th...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Rural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY BUILDING CODES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON DIOXIDE CASUALTIES CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CENSUS OF POPULATION CIVIL DEFENSE CLIMATE CHANGE CORN CRED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DAMAGED HOUSES DAMAGES DANGERS DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PLAN DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DMF DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EL NINO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ENSO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS ERUPTION EVACUATION EVACUEES EXPLOSIVE EXTREME EVENTS FALLOUT FARMERS FATALITIES FIRE FIRE FIGHTING FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FIRES FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INTAKE FOOD REQUIREMENTS FORCE MAJEURE FOREST COVER GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IMPACT OF DISASTERS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFORMED DECISIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY LA NINA LAHAR LAHARS LAND-USE PLANNING LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MIGRATION NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL PHENOMENA NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE PACIFIC REGION PERSISTENT POVERTY PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PHYSICAL DAMAGE PLASTICS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLLUTION POOR FAMILIES POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PROGRESS PUBLIC SAFETY RAPID POPULATION GROWTH REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS REINSURERS RELIEF ACTIVITIES RELIEF EFFORTS RELIEF SUPPLIES REMITTANCES RICE RISK REDUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SEA LEVEL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL WELFARE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION STORM STORMS SUGAR SUGAR CANE SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECTONIC PLATE TRANSPORTATION TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TYPE OF DISASTER TYPE OF DISASTERS TYPHOON TYPHOONS UNDRO UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VEGETABLES VICTIMS VOLCANIC ERUPTION VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VOLCANO VOLCANOES VULNERABILITY
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topic	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY BUILDING CODES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON DIOXIDE CASUALTIES CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CENSUS OF POPULATION CIVIL DEFENSE CLIMATE CHANGE CORN CRED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DAMAGED HOUSES DAMAGES DANGERS DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PLAN DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DMF DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EL NINO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ENSO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS ERUPTION EVACUATION EVACUEES EXPLOSIVE EXTREME EVENTS FALLOUT FARMERS FATALITIES FIRE FIRE FIGHTING FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FIRES FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INTAKE FOOD REQUIREMENTS FORCE MAJEURE FOREST COVER GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IMPACT OF DISASTERS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFORMED DECISIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY LA NINA LAHAR LAHARS LAND-USE PLANNING LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MIGRATION NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL PHENOMENA NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE PACIFIC REGION PERSISTENT POVERTY PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PHYSICAL DAMAGE PLASTICS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLLUTION POOR FAMILIES POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PROGRESS PUBLIC SAFETY RAPID POPULATION GROWTH REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS REINSURERS RELIEF ACTIVITIES RELIEF EFFORTS RELIEF SUPPLIES REMITTANCES RICE RISK REDUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SEA LEVEL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL WELFARE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION STORM STORMS SUGAR SUGAR CANE SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECTONIC PLATE TRANSPORTATION TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TYPE OF DISASTER TYPE OF DISASTERS TYPHOON TYPHOONS UNDRO UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VEGETABLES VICTIMS VOLCANIC ERUPTION VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VOLCANO VOLCANOES VULNERABILITY
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY BUILDING CODES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON DIOXIDE CASUALTIES CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CENSUS OF POPULATION CIVIL DEFENSE CLIMATE CHANGE CORN CRED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DAMAGED HOUSES DAMAGES DANGERS DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PLAN DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DMF DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EL NINO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ENSO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS ERUPTION EVACUATION EVACUEES EXPLOSIVE EXTREME EVENTS FALLOUT FARMERS FATALITIES FIRE FIRE FIGHTING FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FIRES FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INTAKE FOOD REQUIREMENTS FORCE MAJEURE FOREST COVER GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IMPACT OF DISASTERS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFORMED DECISIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY LA NINA LAHAR LAHARS LAND-USE PLANNING LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MIGRATION NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL PHENOMENA NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE PACIFIC REGION PERSISTENT POVERTY PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PHYSICAL DAMAGE PLASTICS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLLUTION POOR FAMILIES POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PROGRESS PUBLIC SAFETY RAPID POPULATION GROWTH REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS REINSURERS RELIEF ACTIVITIES RELIEF EFFORTS RELIEF SUPPLIES REMITTANCES RICE RISK REDUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SEA LEVEL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL WELFARE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION STORM STORMS SUGAR SUGAR CANE SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECTONIC PLATE TRANSPORTATION TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TYPE OF DISASTER TYPE OF DISASTERS TYPHOON TYPHOONS UNDRO UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VEGETABLES VICTIMS VOLCANIC ERUPTION VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VOLCANO VOLCANOES VULNERABILITY World Bank Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction
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description	The Philippines by virtue of its geographic circumstances is highly prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and floods, making it one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. This report seeks to document the impacts of natural disasters on the social and economic development of the Philippines; assess the country's current capacity to reduce and manage disaster risk; and identify options for more effective management of that risk. The Philippine institutional arrangements and disaster management systems tend to rely on a response, or reactive approach, in contrast to a more effective proactive approach, in which disasters are avoided, by appropriate land-use planning, construction and other pre-event measures which avoid the creation of disaster-prone conditions. To evolve to a more proactive role, it is important that a national framework for comprehensive disaster risk management be prepared and implemented. The framework should incorporate the essential steps of integrated risk management, which include risk identification, risk reduction, and risk sharing/financing. The study identified some specific areas under these key themes that would need to be addressed to improve the current system, discussed through the study. The study also found that currently, the Government and individual households bear the majority of costs caused by natural disasters. More effective options for financing disaster risk, and relieving the burden of disasters from the public sector should be explored, including the idea of a catastrophe insurance pool, and/or contingent credit facilities. Also found was that, despite the high hazard risk in the Philippines, the insurance coverage for residential dwellings' catastrophes is almost non-existent. It is stipulated the Bank should examine the ongoing portfolio to identify how its projects can support the goal of disaster risk reduction. In addition, the Bank should consider more direct support to the development of an integrated disaster management risk approach, through the provision of technical assistance and lending.
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title	Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction
title_short	Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction
title_full	Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction
title_fullStr	Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction
title_full_unstemmed	Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction
title_sort	natural disaster risk management in the philippines : enhancing poverty alleviation through disaster reduction
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/8387918/philippines-natural-disaster-risk-management-philippines-enhancing-poverty-alleviation-through-disaster-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8748
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spelling	okr-10986-87482021-04-23T14:02:40Z Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction World Bank AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY BUILDING CODES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON DIOXIDE CASUALTIES CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CENSUS OF POPULATION CIVIL DEFENSE CLIMATE CHANGE CORN CRED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DAMAGED HOUSES DAMAGES DANGERS DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PLAN DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DMF DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EL NINO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ENSO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS ERUPTION EVACUATION EVACUEES EXPLOSIVE EXTREME EVENTS FALLOUT FARMERS FATALITIES FIRE FIRE FIGHTING FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FIRES FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INTAKE FOOD REQUIREMENTS FORCE MAJEURE FOREST COVER GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IMPACT OF DISASTERS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFORMED DECISIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY LA NINA LAHAR LAHARS LAND-USE PLANNING LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MIGRATION NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL PHENOMENA NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE PACIFIC REGION PERSISTENT POVERTY PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PHYSICAL DAMAGE PLASTICS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLLUTION POOR FAMILIES POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PROGRESS PUBLIC SAFETY RAPID POPULATION GROWTH REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS REINSURERS RELIEF ACTIVITIES RELIEF EFFORTS RELIEF SUPPLIES REMITTANCES RICE RISK REDUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SEA LEVEL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL WELFARE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION STORM STORMS SUGAR SUGAR CANE SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECTONIC PLATE TRANSPORTATION TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TYPE OF DISASTER TYPE OF DISASTERS TYPHOON TYPHOONS UNDRO UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VEGETABLES VICTIMS VOLCANIC ERUPTION VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VOLCANO VOLCANOES VULNERABILITY The Philippines by virtue of its geographic circumstances is highly prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and floods, making it one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. This report seeks to document the impacts of natural disasters on the social and economic development of the Philippines; assess the country's current capacity to reduce and manage disaster risk; and identify options for more effective management of that risk. The Philippine institutional arrangements and disaster management systems tend to rely on a response, or reactive approach, in contrast to a more effective proactive approach, in which disasters are avoided, by appropriate land-use planning, construction and other pre-event measures which avoid the creation of disaster-prone conditions. To evolve to a more proactive role, it is important that a national framework for comprehensive disaster risk management be prepared and implemented. The framework should incorporate the essential steps of integrated risk management, which include risk identification, risk reduction, and risk sharing/financing. The study identified some specific areas under these key themes that would need to be addressed to improve the current system, discussed through the study. The study also found that currently, the Government and individual households bear the majority of costs caused by natural disasters. More effective options for financing disaster risk, and relieving the burden of disasters from the public sector should be explored, including the idea of a catastrophe insurance pool, and/or contingent credit facilities. Also found was that, despite the high hazard risk in the Philippines, the insurance coverage for residential dwellings' catastrophes is almost non-existent. It is stipulated the Bank should examine the ongoing portfolio to identify how its projects can support the goal of disaster risk reduction. In addition, the Bank should consider more direct support to the development of an integrated disaster management risk approach, through the provision of technical assistance and lending. 2012-06-22T13:38:27Z 2012-06-22T13:38:27Z 2005-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/8387918/philippines-natural-disaster-risk-management-philippines-enhancing-poverty-alleviation-through-disaster-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8748 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Asia Southeast Asia Philippines

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