Download or read book Data Against Natural Disasters written by Samia Amin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides guidance to policy makers seeking to design effective monitoring systems for disaster response management. This volume describes the data needs that arise after natural disasters, assesses current data management reform efforts, and discusses the institutional preconditions and tactical and strategic steps necessary for establishing systems that work. Six country case studies elaborate lessons from the success and failures of efforts to establish innovative monitoring systems in the aftermath of disasters in Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.