Effective Financial Mechanisms at the National and Local Level for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Title:
Effective Financial Mechanisms at the National and Local Level for Disaster Risk Reduction
Creator:
Jackson, David
Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU) ( summary contributor )
Publisher:
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
2011
Language:
English

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Subjects / Keywords:
Risk management ( lcshac )
Genre:
non-fiction ( marcgt )

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Summary:
This report explores some of the structural impediments to government allocation of resources for disaster risk reduction despite potential losses faced in terms of lives and economic costs, and what can be done to improve this situation. It is part of the midterm review of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015. The study is centered on the HFA priority that calls for national and local governments to establish DRR as an institutional priority through its integration into development planning and poverty reduction strategies. Jackson analyzes investment flows by governments to gauge the degree to which DRR is being incorporated into budgetary processes. The first section is an overview of Public Expenditure Management (PEM), the processes and procedures by which governments receive and allocate resources, and its interface with DRR financing. The author provides insight into difficulties that emerge, particularly emphasizing the fact that PEM is not a purely value-free endeavor. It involves politics, both in the sense that state failure to provide protection against natural hazards will likely cause their loss of legitimacy, and that funding DRR requires dealing with competing political interests. In the next section, four conceptual approaches to looking at DRR financing are presented: 1) DRR in the formal resource allocation process; 2) resource flows to DRR as a consequence of the regulatory environment; 3) DRR and sub-national public expenditure management; and 4) the role of the citizen and the community in (public) DRR financing. The third section applies this framework to the case of Indonesia. One of the barriers to successful DRR financing is that the resources for such an endeavor generally do not come out of the ‘recurring’ budget but rather out of special ‘project’ budgets, which means that DRR activities are often competing with other interests rather than institutionalized into the budgetary process. The author argues that funding DRR is often most effective when it is mainstreamed into non-DRR institutions. Rather than conceptualizing DRR as something distinct from regular societal activities, basic DRR must be understood as an existing function of many departments at all levels of government. Insurance, central heating, air conditioning, and a number of other innovations are all measures taken by human communities to adapt to potentially hostile environments. ( English )
Subject:
Disaster Risk Reduction ( English )
Citation/Reference:
Jackson, D. (2011). Effective financial mechanisms at the national and local level for disaster risk reduction. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).

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Florida International University
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