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

Issue Brief : Disasters Governance

Disaster risk reduction is within the remit of UNDP and attainable when appropriate measures are taken. It is also cost effective, both because it saves millions of dollars in humanitarian assistance, and because it needn’t cost a great deal to implement. For example, a text message to a more

Issue Brief Cluster Munitions

First introduced during the Second World War, cluster munitions have been used during at least 20 conflicts in the last 60 years. Expensive and time-consuming to locate and remove, they are responsible for thousands of civilian deaths each year both during and after attacks, and exacerbate poverty more

Issue Brief Mobile Technology for CPR

In countries prone to disasters or violent conflict, ensuring that people have rapid access to information that facilitates preventative measures, or enables quick response when catastrophe happens can save lives and property, as well as protect development investment and livelihoods. Recent years more

Loss and Damage Database

This review focuses on disaster loss and damage database implementation at country and regional levels. It documents UNDP’s role in the institutionalization of such systems and examines all known, publically-accessible regional and country-level databases’ contents. The findings and lessons provide more

Nepal: Human Stories from the Field

Recovery from conflict is essential to sustain peace in a country like Nepal going through a historical transition. Experiences from around the world have shown that relapsing into conflict is more likely when peace dividends do not reach the people, especially those who are at the receiving more

New Technology and the Prevention of Violence and Conflict

There are now 6 billion cell phone subscriptions in the world, and one third of the world’s population is online. These numbers are growing rapidly, particularly in the developing world, and they demonstrate an unparalleled level of global interconnectivity. They also point to the unprecedented more

Preventing Crisis - Enabling Recovery: 2010 Annual Report

This annual report summarizes some of UNDP's main achievements in regards to its work in Crisis Prevention and Recovery worldwide throughout 2010, particularly in the areas of Disaster Risk Reduction, Early Recovery, Conflict Prevention, and Gender Equality. It also provides detailed financial more

Preventing Crisis, Enabling Recovery: BCPR Annual Report 2011

Disasters, violent conflict, and economic and climate-related turbulence continue to claim lives, destroy economies and livelihoods, and undermine development progress for millions of people. Crisis prevention, recovery and reducing the vulnerability of countries to catastrophe are cornerstones of more

Rule of Law Global Programme Phase II

At the start of 2012, UNDP is launching Phase II of its Global Programme for Rule of Law, Justice and Security: “Strengthening the Rule of Law in Crisis-Affected and Fragile Situations, 2012-2015.” The Global Programme Phase II builds on the successes of Phase I, and redoubles UNDP’s support in more

Signature Product: Guidance Note on Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation

Focussing on urgent post-crisis assistance, this guidance note provides practical advice to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Offices (COs) on how to plan, design and implement a short-term project that swiftly links governments and communities in the assessment, repair and more

Further Resources

Basics of Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Reduction

This paper seeks to promote a common understanding of what capacity development means for disaster risk reduction, including considerations or how it develops in both conceptual and practical terms. It is intended as a reference for the broader global community who work at the international, More

Can Conflict Analysis Processes Support Gendered Visions of Peacebuilding? Reflections from the Peace and Stability Development Analysis in Fiji

This paper was prepared at the request of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery to highlight key issues, lessons and opportunities with regard to the integration of gender issues and concerns in conflict analysis processes such as the Peace and Stability Development Analysis (PSDA) in More

Capacity Development in Post-Conflict Countries

This paper lays out a framework for reconsidering the unique challenges post‐conflict contexts pose to processes of state capacity development. More

Crisis Prevention and Recovery Report 2008: Post-Conflict Economic Recovery - Enabling Local Ingenuity

Post-conflict economic recovery aims to establish sustainable economic growth and human development while addressing the factors that could lead to a recurrence of conflict. Post-conflict recovery is not about restoring pre-war economic or institutional arrangements. It is about More

Disaster-Conflict Interface

This report examines interactions between conflict and disasters associated with natural hazards. It presents an unprecedented survey of cases in which conflict and disaster coincide—each a complex phenomenon in its own right, as in the worsening Horn of Africa crisis. In most instances, the More

BCPR Annual Report 2011

Preventing Crisis, Enabling Recovery

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