Archived Stories

February 2012: Floods, the most frequent among all natural disasters, are on the increase worldwide. The fast-growing cities of East Asia are particularly vulnerable...

February 2012: Congratulations to the new EERI-GFDRR Housner Fellows, Hassan Mdala (pictured above), Carlien Bou-Chedid, and Syed Mohammad Ali!

January 2012: Two years after the earthquake in Haiti...

January 2012: The Philippine Government draws down US$500M to finance expenses related to the government’s recovery and reconstruction efforts...

January 2012: How can we help battle hunger in the Horn of Africa? How can we prevent starvation and death from future droughts and other climate-related crises in the Horn and elsewhere?

January 2012: GFDRR's Capacity Development Team - Helping to prepare disaster-prone countries for natural catastrophes...

December 2011: South Asian Countries Collaborating to Build Resilience Together

December 2011: Lessons Learned from the 2011 Typhoon in Lao PDR

December 2011: Following the recent drought emergency, the Kenyan government has embarked on an ambitious program to mitigate the impacts of similar disasters in the future..

November 2011: The HLF4 - the world's biggest forum on development assistance – was attended by approximately 3,000 people from 160 countries. GFDRR co-hosted the ...