Syrian Refugee Conference - Biographies
#SheIsResilient: Young Women Entrepreneurs from MENA Build the Resilience of their Cities
Public Response of the Education Sector to the Syrian Refugees Crisis in Lebanon
Les pays d'accueil offrent au monde un bien public mondial
Sep 08, 2015 / Library
Interviews with Ferid BELHAJ, Country Director for the Middle East at the World Bank; Alain BIFANI, Director General at the Lebanese Ministry of Finance; Amin AWAD, Director of Bureau for the Middle East and North Africa at UNHCR; and Olivier Ray, Head of the Crisis Prevention and Conflict Unit at the French Development Agency.
Interviews...
Syria’s Neighbours Seek Help with Refugee Crisis
Sep 08, 2015 / Library
Interviews with Ferid BELHAJ, Country Director for the Middle East at the World Bank and Salaheddin AL BASHIR, Chairman of the Board of Justice Center for Legal Aid in Jordan, in the context of the high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis “From Resilience to Development” jointly organized by the CMI, the World Bank,...
Syria Refugee Crisis: Supporting Mashreq Countries in their Development Agenda
Sep 08, 2015 / Highlight
Sixty decision-making representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkey and European countries affected by the refugee crisis, development and financing partners, practitioners and technical experts on fragility and conflict gathered in Marseille to discuss the long term development implications of the refugee crisis in the...
Press Release: Call for a Reinvigorated International Response to Support Mashreq Countries Hosting Syrian Refugees in their Development Agenda
Press Invitation: "From Resilience to Development"
Sep 05, 2015 / Library
A high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis.
Participant List: "From Resilience to Development"
Sep 05, 2015 / Library
A high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis.
Concept Note: "From Resilience to Development"
Sep 05, 2015 / Library
A high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis.
Agenda: "From Resilience to Development"
Sep 05, 2015 / Library
A high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis.
Women for Resilient Cities Grand Finale: #SheIsResilient
Aug 17, 2015 / Highlight
Context
While around the world, the number of disasters has almost doubled since the 1980s, in MENA, the average number of natural disasters has almost tripled over the same period. Approximately 40 million people have been affected by over 350 natural disasters between 1981 and 2010. Vulnerabilities are on the rise across the region, with risks...
CMI Facilitates a Preparatory Meeting for a High Level Stakeholder Conference on the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Jun 25, 2015 / Highlight
June 23, 2015, Paris, France
The CMI in partnership with the World Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the United Nations held a consultative meeting to discuss proceedings for a high level stakeholder conference on the Syrian refugee crisis in the Mashreq to take place on 7-8 September, 2015. The consultative meeting aimed at: (i...
Women Risk Management Start-up Competition: Because Resilient Entrepreneurs Make Resilient Cities
Jun 17, 2015 / Library
Read more about the competition here.
Building resilience : integrating climate and disaster risk into development - the World Bank Group experience (Vol. 2) : Executive summary
Tools for Building Urban Resilience: Integrating Risk Information into Investment Decisions
WB Quick Note #105, “Natural Disasters in MENA: A Regional Overview”
WB (2014), Climate Change and Migration: Evidence for the Middle East and North Africa (English)
Global Risks 2014 - Ninth Edition
Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor: cities building resilience for a changing world
WB Quick Note #79, “Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries”
WB (2012), MENA Development Report, Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries.
Safer Homes, Stronger Communities
Urban Risk Assessments: An Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities
WB Quick Note #128, "Impact of Weather Shocks on MENA Households", by Quentin Wodon and Andrea Liverani
Urban Risk Management Is City Leaders’ New Concern
Apr 20, 2015 / Library
Why Does City Resilience Matter? Interviews with Decision-Makers and Experts from MENA Region and Beyond
The MENA Urbanization Knowledge Platform (MENA UKP) team is proud to launch a series of six video blogs on the resilience of cities in MENA and beyond.
These interviews see city leaders, decision-makers, development experts,...
WDR 2014, Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development
WB Quick Note #102, “Improving the Reliability of Weather and Climate Services in Yemen”
