Building Urban Resilience: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Evolving Experience (2007-2017)

What role should the development community take to increase local building and land use regulation for risk reduction in low and middle-income countries?

I am wondering about the GFDRR. How does it function as a fund for Sendai implementation. Who can implement projects using GFDRR financing based on the modality ? Is it difficult to access? Can it be like the GEF ? How is it replenished ?

According to the 2014 World…

According to the 2014 World Disaster Report (IFRC), disaster risk & recovery projects fail if we ignore how people really relate to risk. Do you think this is true?
How do you think people "really relate to risk?"

I wonder when major…

I wonder when major economies will reduce the reliance on Aid for risk reduction as atool for creating jobs and services overseas? also increasing risks by subsidies- especially for agriculture.????

We may want to consider…

We may want to consider whether development policies, investment and projects to date might have undermined resilience?

How can national governments…

How can national governments and development partners engage fragile states in the proccess of maping, measuring and adressing and increasing thier Resilience in the Face of Increasing Threats in low and middle-income countries?

Are academic and research…

Are academic and research institutions empowered enough to come up with innovative solutions to challenge climate change related problems

There are around 24…

There are around 24 different Resilience Frameworks in use globally or internationally today. Would you agree that this is a specific example of complimentary actions that needs to be addressed -if we were talk about convergence in the first place? While, likely, we may not consider this situation as part of the "fragmentation of solutions that worsen vulnerability rather than strengthen resilience", any opinion about how this variety of frameworks influences the way we determine whether our interventions for achieving resilience are working or not?

I value the knowledge on…

I value the knowledge on your site. Thank you!

in building local level…

in building local level resilience, are supporting development partners/multilateral financial institution able to discern which old/new financing modalities are most suitable?

Welcome together we can do

There is a risk that the …

There is a risk that the 'resilience' objective will be used to promote policies that favour 'stasis', ie keeping things unchanged as much as possible. However true resilience in nature and in society comes from adapatibility. Therefore should the core advice to policy makers be that resilience is best achieved through policies that facilitate change?

A crisis is an inflection…

A crisis is an inflection point. It is that point when multiple outcomes become possible. How can Disaster prone areas in Africa and middle East build economic and emotional Resilience #BuildResilience

Talking about macro-Economic…

Talking about macro-Economic volatility, What appears to be missing is a bold, holistic and audacious effort to harmonize fiscal, monetary and macro-prudential policies in a bold and concerted manner that will triger needed development in countries most exposed to crisis and economic shocks #BuildResilience

Thanks for inviting me and…

Thanks for inviting me and the scope for putting Qs.
Thanks to the honorable panelists to put us forward towards Vision 2020 and 2030. I have just couple of questions on this issue/s, based on my understanding as a result of grassroots attachment.
1. How UN planning to develop and promote comprehensive DRR strategies around the world
2. What should be the role of Govt. in each countries and UN bodies in integrating approaches for risk reduction
3. How the severely affected countries will be supported beyond the general framework for risk reductions
4. What is the plan of UN and others in promoting best adaptation technologies and techniques al ready in place
5. How the big causes like food security and shelter, following health and basic service provisions are priorities in coming vision 2020 to 2030
6. How will you secure or ensure technology justice for the poor
7. How theories and practical actions on the ground could be balanced or more actions, less studies
8. How The World Bank can take more lead and proactive role in favor of the communities through funding to the national and international NGOs parallel to the Govts.
8. I can see a big portion of funds are simply using for capturing knowledge and documentation since long and benefitting so call experts/institutions, rather than adequate funding or investment to reduce vulnerability or protection to the communities already affected around the world (might be wrong, if so I apologies in an advance),
9. One of my opinion, So far we are taking a lot, in compare to actions on the ground. How can we minimize the practices.
I believe together WE CAN to fit our lives in this planet for us now and the generations to come.
On the basis of compromise with the nature, rather that resist and fair share and equal distribution of natural resources and opportunities for the marginalized communities all over the world. Finally, Forgetting conflicts, trans boundary natural resource sharing and un necessary debts and arguments.
Good Luck for a successful event.

Caroline Heider asks the…

Caroline Heider asks the question "Given the greater and greater specialization of sectors and professions, are we able to find the necessary convergence of complementary initiatives that in combination will make us — humanity — more resilient?" in her opinion piece on Devex. I would like to ask the panel to dive more deeply into that question.

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Building Urban Resilience: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Evolving Experience (2007-2017)

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