Action Plan for Implementing ADB’s Disaster and Emergency Assistance Policy

Date: April 2008
Type: Policies, Strategies, and Plans
Subject:
ADB administration and governance; Social development and protection

Description

This paper presents an action plan to support the effective implementation of the 2004 Disaster and Emergency Assistance Policy (DEAP) of the Asian Development Bank. The action plan is consistent with Strategy 2020: The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank 2008–2020, which calls for mainstreaming disaster risk management and providing early and medium-term disaster response and assistance in partnership with selected aid agencies.

Contents

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Implementing ADB’s Disaster and Emergency Assistance Policy
  • Conclusions
  • Appendixes