Crisis Prevention and Recovery

Key Reports

Issue Brief: Cluster Munitions 24 May 2013
Protecting Development From Disasters: UNDP's Support to the Hyogo Framework for Action 15 May 2013

Summary - Lessons Learned Review of UN Support to Core Public Administration Functions in the Immediate Aftermath of Conflict 17 May 2013
A Comparative Review of Country-Level and Regional Disaster Loss and Damage Databases 14 May 2013

Fast Facts and Results

Fast Facts: Syria 07 Jun 2013

Fast Facts: Livelihoods and Economic Recovery 23 May 2013

Fast Facts: Mine Action 04 Apr 2013

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Further Publications

2010 Annual Report on UNDP’s Rule of Law Global Programme

UNDP is producing tangible results on its justice and security work in conflict and crisis-affected countries. Through its Global Programme on Strengthening the Rule of Law in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations UNDP is building peace and promoting access to justice and security in over 20 more

Bolivia's story of conflict, dialogue and peacebuilding

Between 2006 and late 2008, the discussion and approval of the constitutional project was the main source of political and social conflict in Bolivia. This report highlights the contributions and lessons learned from the United Nations and the United Nations Development Programme's intervention in more

DRT Global Impact study

This publication highlights the results that UNDP has achieved since 2005, in supporting disaster risk reduction (DRR) and recovery in countries prone to disasters. The first comprehensive report outlining UNDP’s contribution to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action, the report more

Fact Sheet: Global Focal Point for Police, Justice and Corrections

In September 2012, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as the Global Focal Point for the Police, Justice and Corrections Areas in the Rule of Law in Post-conflict and other more

GLOF Risk Reduction through Community-based Approaches

One of the manifestations of the impact of climate change has emerged in the form of GLOF hazard – glacial lake outburst floods. A new hazard has been added to the lexicon of natural hazards and the frequency of this hazard has shown an increasing trend over the past decades, especially in the more

Governance for Peace: Securing the Social Contract

Based upon an extensive stocktaking of UNDP’s experience in crisis affected contexts, Governance for Peace: Securing the Social Contract provides insights on new approaches to governance promotion, analysis and programming adapted to the 21st century challenges of fragility. Relying on interviews more

Guide: Livelihoods & Economic Recovery in Crisis Situations

The purpose of the Guide on Livelihoods and Economic Recovery Programming in Crisis and Post-Crisis Situations is to connect UNDP Country Offices and their partners with global knowledge and experience on this subject. The Guide documents, for the first time, the accumulation of expertise that UNDP more

Guidelines and Lessons for Establishing and Institutionalizing Disaster Loss Databases

This report documents the experiences of the UNDP Regional Programme on Capacity Building for Sustainable Recovery and Risk Reduction (RP) in implementing disaster loss databases using the DesInventar methodology. The Regional Programme has been established in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami more

Institutional and Legislative support for DRM-UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report has highlighted governance as a key unresolved issue in both the configuration and the reduction of disaster risk. The need to further strengthen institutional and legislative systems for disaster risk management remains a topical issue, which more

International support for capacity development in post-conflict states: Reflections from two case studies in West Africa

This publication and its companion piece ‘State-Building: Key Concepts and Operational Implications in two Fragile States’ reports on an assessment of a number of programs in Sierra Leone and Liberia that a small team from the World Bank (Fragile and Conflict-Affected States Group) and UNDP (Bureau more

Further Resources

2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction

This report’s key argument is that effective disaster risk reduction (DRR) is not simply a technical challenge. It reflects the need to generate necessary political incentives to make DRR a priority issue. It addresses the central question of “what are the critical drivers that explain the uptake More

Aid Information Management Systems in Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations

This comparative study reviews existing experiences, lessons learned and good practices regarding the establishment of the Aid Information Management System (AIMS) in selected post-conflict and fragile situations. It compares and analyses the usage of AIMS in Burundi, the Central African Republic More

Annual Report 2001

The UNDP of the 21st Century is now focusing much less on traditional project work. We have sharply narrowed our primary policy focuses to six thematic practice areas, selected because of developing country demand: poverty reduction, democratic governance, sustainable energy and the More

Arab Human Development Report 2009

Arab Human Development Reports (AHDRs) engage institutions and citizens in the Arab countries in global concerns so as to build understanding and consensus around regional and national development priorities. They also identify disadvantaged groups of population and regions and suggest policies, More

Asia and the Pacific Human Development Report 2010

A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific The report focuses on the critical question of advancing gender equality, as seen through the prism of women’s unequal power, voice, and rights. Despite the region’s many economic gains, the Report chronicles how in many instances More

BCPR Annual Report 2011

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