Ready2Respond improves national, sub-national and city resilience mechanisms and protects development gains through investments in emergency preparedness and response (EP&R) systems informed by the encompassing City Resilience Program (CRP) and other World Bank platforms.
Ready2Respond provides timely, technical expertise, and global support to World Bank teams with implementation tools and techniques as they pursue EP&R development investments. The purpose of this framework document is to provide a knowledge base for the generation of more targeted guidance and reference materials for task team leaders and their clients regarding EP&R programs, and to inform future World Bank Group (WBG) operations and technical assistance to countries.