disaster recovery

Graphic: The Disaster Resilience Framework: A Tool to Promote Foresight and Accountability
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October 26, 2021January 28, 2022Autumn 2021, News in Brief

The Disaster Resilience Framework: A Tool to Promote Foresight and Accountability

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Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, flooding, and wildfires, have the potential to devastate people’s everyday lives by causing injuries and death, destroying homes and infrastructure, and wreaking economic havoc. From 2000 through 2019, there were 7,348 major disaster events worldwide, which claimed 1.23 million lives, affected 4.2 billion people (many more than once), and resulted in approximately U.S. $2.97 trillion in global economic losses. Governments usually lead recovery efforts by...

Capitalizing on Standards and Knowledge Sharing to Audit Disaster Recovery Efforts
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July 30, 2018January 28, 2021Feature Articles, Summer 2018

Capitalizing on Standards, Knowledge Sharing to Audit Disaster Recovery Efforts

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In 2016, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Ecuadorian coast, constituting one of the most catastrophic tragedies in the history of the country. The quake left 663 people dead, 6,274 injured, 80,000 people displaced, great damage to infrastructure and more than 2,300 aftershocks in the following months. Consequently, reparation measures cost approximately 3,344 USD million, challenging the...

SAIs China, Peru Join Forces to Address Natural Disaster Recovery Auditing
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January 31, 2018November 2, 2020Spotlight on Capacity Building, Winter 2018

SAIs China, Peru Join Forces to Address Natural Disaster Recovery Auditing

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“El Niño Costero,” the phenomenon seriously affecting Peru during the first months of 2017, battered the nation with torrential rains and damaged some 21,323 kilometers of rural and non-rural roads; 260,970 houses; 2,148 schools; 700 health centers; 822 bridges; 77,104 hectares of cultivated areas; and 22,965 kilometers of irrigation canals. In total, infrastructure damage is...