Publication: Adapting Community Driven Approaches for Post-Disaster Recovery : Experiences from Indonesia
Date
2012-12
ISSN
Published
2012-12
Author(s)
MDF-JRF Secretariat
Abstract
The Multi Donor Fund for Aceh and Nias
(MDF) and the Java Reconstruction Fund (JRF) have played
significant roles in the remarkable recovery of Aceh, Nias
and Java, following some of the worst disasters in Indonesia
in recent years. The MDF and the JRF, which is patterned
after it, are each considered a highly successful model for
post-disaster reconstruction. This paper presents the
lessons from the MDF and JRF's use of large-scale,
government-implemented community driven development programs
to deliver reconstruction at the village level in Aceh, Nias
and Java. It documents how local level recovery using a
community driven approach can result in not only cost
effective physical outputs, but also empowered communities
with greater capacities and more prepared to face future
disasters. The MDF and JRF experiences have demonstrated
many less tangible social benefits. These include faster
social recovery from the impact of disasters and increased
confidence and capacities of local actors to engage in local
level planning. Most importantly, the community driven
approach to reconstruction empowers victims of natural
disaster to become key agents in their own recovery.
Citation
“MDF-JRF Secretariat. 2012. Adapting Community Driven Approaches for Post-Disaster Recovery : Experiences from Indonesia. MDF-JRF working paper series;no. 1. © World Bank, Jakarta. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17632 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”