From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications
Key Messages: - Directing resources towards early warning systems and community sensitization mitigates the impact of natural disasters on vulnerable communities, prioritizing proactive measures over reactive responses. - To ensure effective and sustainable disaster risk management (DRM) initiatives...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2023
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| author | Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Khulumbo, Burnnet Nkhulembe, Maziko Babu, Suresh Chandra Ahsan, Sairana |
| author_browse | Ahsan, Sairana Babu, Suresh Chandra Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Khulumbo, Burnnet Nkhulembe, Maziko |
| author_facet | Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Khulumbo, Burnnet Nkhulembe, Maziko Babu, Suresh Chandra Ahsan, Sairana |
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| description | Key Messages:
- Directing resources towards early warning systems and community sensitization mitigates the impact of natural disasters on vulnerable communities, prioritizing proactive measures over reactive responses.
- To ensure effective and sustainable disaster risk management (DRM) initiatives, allocating resources to bolster district-level DRM structures in alignment with community-led resource mobilization efforts is crucial.
- Recognizing the pivotal role of youth increases community anticipatory capacity through comprehensive disaster risk management training. Innovative approaches such as theatre for development foster civic engagement, community dialogue, and resource mobilization.
- Inclusive participatory planning processes should embrace indigenous early warning information. In-vesting in automated community-based early warning systems, particularly focusing on agriculture and nutrition, facilitates timely decision-making and harnesses local wisdom.
- To reduce vulnerability among low-income communities, forging partnerships with the private sector is crucial. Micro-insurance and asset options can be explored, empowering communities to enhance their resilience without imposing undue burdens. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1402312025-11-06T05:43:17Z From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Khulumbo, Burnnet Nkhulembe, Maziko Babu, Suresh Chandra Ahsan, Sairana insurance low income groups resources natural disasters early warning systems youth agriculture disaster risk management nutrition resilience Key Messages: - Directing resources towards early warning systems and community sensitization mitigates the impact of natural disasters on vulnerable communities, prioritizing proactive measures over reactive responses. - To ensure effective and sustainable disaster risk management (DRM) initiatives, allocating resources to bolster district-level DRM structures in alignment with community-led resource mobilization efforts is crucial. - Recognizing the pivotal role of youth increases community anticipatory capacity through comprehensive disaster risk management training. Innovative approaches such as theatre for development foster civic engagement, community dialogue, and resource mobilization. - Inclusive participatory planning processes should embrace indigenous early warning information. In-vesting in automated community-based early warning systems, particularly focusing on agriculture and nutrition, facilitates timely decision-making and harnesses local wisdom. - To reduce vulnerability among low-income communities, forging partnerships with the private sector is crucial. Micro-insurance and asset options can be explored, empowering communities to enhance their resilience without imposing undue burdens. 2023-06-01 2024-03-14T12:09:07Z 2024-03-14T12:09:07Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140231 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi; Khulumbo, Burnnet; and Nkhulembe, Maziko. 2023. From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications. Titukulane RFSA Policy Note 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136823. |
| spellingShingle | insurance low income groups resources natural disasters early warning systems youth agriculture disaster risk management nutrition resilience Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Khulumbo, Burnnet Nkhulembe, Maziko Babu, Suresh Chandra Ahsan, Sairana From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications |
| title | From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications |
| title_full | From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications |
| title_fullStr | From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications |
| title_short | From response to preparedness: Enhancing community-led disaster risk management in Malawi: Key findings and policy implications |
| title_sort | from response to preparedness enhancing community led disaster risk management in malawi key findings and policy implications |
| topic | insurance low income groups resources natural disasters early warning systems youth agriculture disaster risk management nutrition resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140231 |
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