Since 2007, an increasing number of countries - including GFDRR priority countries - have strategically mainstreamed disaster risk management (DRM) into their national development strategies, including the World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework (CPF), which provides a valuable entry point for GFDRR to engage in respective countries for DRM. GFDRR provides pro-active and upstream engagement during document preparation stages and focuses on effects of disaster risks on economic growth and poverty reduction. GFDRR advises on priority interventions on global good practices in DRR and CCA, links the strategy document with planned/ongoing GFDRR programs and offers suggestions to strengthen the the DRM agenda in the results matrix.
From December 2007 to February 2011, GFDRR analyzed the strategy documents of around 90 countries and advised on priority interventions, global good practices in disaster risk reduction (DRR), country disaster-risk profiles, available disaster-insurance options, stronger DRM agendas in the results frameworks, and more.This mainstreaming activity has had significant impact on countries' development stratgies and DRM is increasingly becoming an essential pillar of CASs and PRSPs.
DRM is now acknowledged as a (co-)pillar in CASs for Bangladesh, Bolivia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Maldives, Mozambique, the Philippines, Seychelles, Uzbekistan and Yemen as well as the regional strategies for the Pacific Region and Organization of Eastern Caribbean States . Strategies in which DRM is identified as a sectoral or cross-cutting issue include, but are not limited to, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica and Madagascar. Both natural disasters and climate change are strategically recognized as risks to a country’s economic development in Armenia, Ethiopia, Panama, Tonga and other countries prone to natural disasters.
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