Recovery Institutions to Build Back Better

[MP1-04] Recovery Institutions to Build Back Better

Paul Rosenberg (UNDRR/International Recovery Platform)

In the aftermath of disasters, such as the Gujarat Earthquake 2001, Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004, Kashmir Earthquake 2005, Canterbury Earthquakes 2010 and 2011, and Typhoon Haiyan 2013, governments often create ad-hoc institutions for recovery to ensure leadership, coordination, and to build back better. Is it cost-effective and efficient to create ad-hoc institutions after every large-scale disaster or is it time to strengthen the existing disaster risk management (DRM) institutions to handle recovery? Using evidence from case studies collected by the International Recovery Platform (IRP), this presentation compares the advantages and disadvantages between ad-hoc and permanent institutions for disaster recovery governance.