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Evidence on Demand is an international development information hub, providing access to quality assured resources relating to climate & environment, infrastructure and livelihoods. The service has been established to provide a wealth of relevant documents, learning resources and technical expertise to help those on the front line of poverty reduction make evidence-based decisions, while also informing the wider development community.

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allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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4 October 2016

Building better and safely: Stimulating the private sector for sustainable solutions in Nepal

This document explores how the private sector in Nepal can be stimulated to take action in non-earthquake impacted areas so that develop an effective strategy to prevent such devastating losses in the future.

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19 September 2016

Introducing infrastructure resilience

This resource focuses primarily on the way that resilience to climate and disaster risks is considered for proactive investment in new and existing infrastructure.

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19 September 2016

Designing for infrastructure resilience

This publication calls for a resilience-led approach to designing infrastructure projects that is fundamentally different from the existing standards-led design used in many initiatives.

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16 August 2016

Effective post-disaster reconstruction programmes

This topic guide is a review of the state of play in post-disaster reconstruction. It builds on extensive research, literature and experience to date, most recently considering outputs from the 2015 Sendai Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). It considers the status quo and puts forward alternative positions for facilitating effective reconstruction through a more seamless and re-planned approach.

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5 August 2016

Building the concept and plan for the Uganda national early warning system

This report describes the elements of an effective Early Warning System (EWS) in Uganda and the generic principles of what constitutes an effective EWS and National Early Warning System (NEWS).

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2 August 2016

Understanding risk and resilient infrastructure investment

This publication discusses the importance of understanding risk, especially future risks from climate change, in decision-making on infrastructure investment.

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20 May 2016

Measuring resilience

The prominence of the resilience narrative in international development contexts has led to a drive to justify spending on resilience-related interventions. This resource deals with the thorny issue of how to measure resilience.

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19 May 2016

Risk management and financing

The resilience concept can be viewed as an adapted approach to risk management in development programming.