Malawi Drought 2015-2016 : Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
The highly variable climate of Malawi significantly influences the amount, timing, and frequency of precipitation resulting in frequent droughts and floods. In the 2015-2016 rainfall season Malawi was hit again by prolonged dry spells. In response...
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okr-10986-257812021-05-25T08:56:09Z Malawi Drought 2015-2016 : Post-Disaster Needs Assessment World Bank Group United Nations European Union drought rainfall water resouces impact analysis recovery strategy disaster risk resilience sector reports The highly variable climate of Malawi significantly influences the amount, timing, and frequency of precipitation resulting in frequent droughts and floods. In the 2015-2016 rainfall season Malawi was hit again by prolonged dry spells. In response to the dry spells, the Government of Malawi declared a state of disaster in April 2016, and a post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) was initiated in mid-May under the leadership of the Government of Malawi, with the assistance of the World Bank and the United Nations (UN). The PDNA also developed a recovery strategy for the 2015-2016 drought by defining and aligning a national recovery vision to long-term development objectives and by formulating a multi-sector framework of recovery interventions, while ensuring building-back-better and integrating gender and environmental considerations in the recovery strategy. The assessment process utilized a combination of secondary data from similar assessments that were ongoing at that time, along with primary data collection to fill in gaps and validate impacts. The PDNA defines a strategy for recovery, including its financial implications, while making recommendations to improve future drought resilience. The report is structured as follows: chapter one explains the background and objective of the PDNA; chapter two describes the country profile; chapter three provides an analysis of the drought and an overview of the humanitarian consequences and the government’s immediate response; chapter 4 describes the approach and methodology of the PDNA; chapter five summarizes the overall damages and losses caused by the drought, as well as the recovery strategies and needs for each of the sectors considered in the assessment; chapter six describes the overall macroeconomic impact of the drought; chapter seven presents the human and social impact of the drought, including a gender analysis of specific sector recommendations for recovery; chapter eight provides details for the drought recovery strategy on the basis of the sector analysis; chapter nine analyses the challenges and lessons learned from the ongoing drought and recommendations for drought risk reduction and resilience; chapter ten summarizes the next steps and the way forward. 2016-12-16T21:51:34Z 2016-12-16T21:51:34Z 2016 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/640011479881661626/Malawi-drought-2015-2016-post-disaster-needs-assessment-PDNA http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25781 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Africa Malawi |
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The highly variable climate of Malawi
significantly influences the amount, timing, and frequency
of precipitation resulting in frequent droughts and floods.
In the 2015-2016 rainfall season Malawi was hit again by
prolonged dry spells. In response to the dry spells, the
Government of Malawi declared a state of disaster in April
2016, and a post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) was
initiated in mid-May under the leadership of the Government
of Malawi, with the assistance of the World Bank and the
United Nations (UN). The PDNA also developed a recovery
strategy for the 2015-2016 drought by defining and aligning
a national recovery vision to long-term development
objectives and by formulating a multi-sector framework of
recovery interventions, while ensuring building-back-better
and integrating gender and environmental considerations in
the recovery strategy. The assessment process utilized a
combination of secondary data from similar assessments that
were ongoing at that time, along with primary data
collection to fill in gaps and validate impacts. The PDNA
defines a strategy for recovery, including its financial
implications, while making recommendations to improve future
drought resilience. The report is structured as follows:
chapter one explains the background and objective of the
PDNA; chapter two describes the country profile; chapter
three provides an analysis of the drought and an overview of
the humanitarian consequences and the government’s immediate
response; chapter 4 describes the approach and methodology
of the PDNA; chapter five summarizes the overall damages and
losses caused by the drought, as well as the recovery
strategies and needs for each of the sectors considered in
the assessment; chapter six describes the overall
macroeconomic impact of the drought; chapter seven presents
the human and social impact of the drought, including a
gender analysis of specific sector recommendations for
recovery; chapter eight provides details for the drought
recovery strategy on the basis of the sector analysis;
chapter nine analyses the challenges and lessons learned
from the ongoing drought and recommendations for drought
risk reduction and resilience; chapter ten summarizes the
next steps and the way forward. |
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Malawi Drought 2015-2016 : Post-Disaster Needs Assessment |
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Malawi Drought 2015-2016 : Post-Disaster Needs Assessment |
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Malawi Drought 2015-2016 : Post-Disaster Needs Assessment |
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Malawi Drought 2015-2016 : Post-Disaster Needs Assessment |
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Malawi Drought 2015-2016 : Post-Disaster Needs Assessment |
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malawi drought 2015-2016 : post-disaster needs assessment |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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