Disaster risk reduction: Spending where it should count

This report examines the levels of donor investment in disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the top 40 humanitarian recipients over the last 10 years, and compares and contrasts these totals with overall aid figures. The paper highlights how prevalent disasters are in these countries, and their particularly significant impact. Beyond this, the paper examines the current state of funding for DRR and, in the context of those countries most at risk of natural disaster, asks questions about the volume and type of funding, its equity, and whether it is being appropriately directed to meet needs. All this is in the context of a current model of year on year increase of humanitarian expenditure in the same countries, and a humanitarian system which is increasingly under pressure.

J. Kellett & D. Sparks, Global Humanitarian Assistance - March 2012