... data from regional initiatives like the InterAmerican Development Bank- IDB- Disaster Risk Management Index. Findings Key issues include persistent underfunding of corrective DRR, over-reliance on risk transfer mechanisms and siloed governance. Successful examples include decentralized climate...

..., 2010). Risk management is the set of pre- and post-disaster actions toward facing negative consequences of hazards (Freeman and Mechler, 2001). Pre-disaster actions include risk transfer (i.e. insurance), risk assessment (monitoring, mapping, etc.), mitigation works (i.e. infrastructure strengthening...