Independent Evaluation Group2015-12-172015-12-172008978-1-60244-102-6https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23431The provention consortium was created in February 2000 as a formal partnership between the World Bank, other International Financial Institutions (IFIs), bilateral donor organizations, the insurance sector, the academic community, and civil society. Designed as a think-tank to commission research and to disseminate risk reduction tools, the provention secretariat was to rotate from one partner organization to another. Thus, after three years at the Bank, the secretariat was transferred to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Geneva. The overall goal of provention is to reduce the social, economic, and environmental impacts of natural disasters on vulnerable populations in developing countries in order to alleviate poverty and contribute to sustainable development. This is achieved through (a) forging partnerships; (b) promoting policy; (c) improving practice; and (d) sharing knowledge. Under the Washington-based Secretariat, provention supported four types of activities: applied research studies, pilot and demonstration projects, education and training activities, and workshops and conferences. Provention was repeatedly criticized for its weak governance structure. Therefore, the secretariat commissioned a governance review in 2005. The governance review recommended reactivating the presiding council (PC); replacing the Steering Committee (SC) by a forum to discuss the impact of disasters in developing countries; and creating an Advisory Committee as the main governing body.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOALLIANCEINFORMATION DISSEMINATIONEMPLOYMENTRISKSDISASTER EXPERTSMETEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONEMERGENCY MANAGERSACCOUNTINGDISASTER RECOVERYDISASTER TYPESENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONRISK REDUCTIONPRINCIPALDISPUTE SETTLEMENTDISASTER SITUATIONSINTERESTTENTPRIVATIZATIONINDUSTRYSTRATEGIESRESOURCE ALLOCATIONSERVICESDEVELOPMENT NETWORKFOREIGN AFFAIRSHOUSINGADVERSE IMPACT OF HAZARDSPRIVATE REINSURANCEDISASTERPROJECTSEARLY WARNINGSCENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGYDISASTER PREVENTIONHEALTH RISKSNEGOTIATIONDISASTER EVENTSEARTHQUAKESINSURANCE COMPANYACCIDENTDISASTER MANAGEMENT TRAININGDISASTER RELIEFPUBLIC POLICYTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETSUNAMIRELIEFINVESTMENT GRANTSNATURAL DISASTERDISASTER MITIGATIONDISASTER RESPONSETRANSPORTINTERNATIONAL AGENCIESFLOODSTECHNICAL COOPERATIONNATURAL HAZARDTRANSFERSEMERGENCIESGRANT PROGRAMSNATURAL DISASTERSCRITERIAFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFORECASTINGLOCAL GOVERNMENTPUBLIC FINANCEDISASTERSCREDINSURERSNEGOTIATIONSEMERGENCY RESPONSEFIREEMERGENCY OPERATIONSHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCETRUST FUNDSFINANCEGRANTSDISASTER VICTIMSADMINISTRATIVE COSTSINFRASTRUCTUREBANKSTECHNOLOGYREINSURANCEDISASTER RECONSTRUCTIONEARTHQUAKEEMERGENCYACCOUNTABILITYDISASTER REDUCTIONDISASTER RISKCLIMATE CHANGEPUBLIC POLICIESVALUEBANKNATURAL DISASTER REDUCTIONCREDITEL NINOSLUMDMFNATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRATEGYDECLARATIONVICTIMSPEER REVIEWDAMAGEPROPERTYIMPACT OF DISASTERSDISASTER INSURANCEBANK ACCOUNTINGFISCAL YEARVULNERABILITY TO DISASTERSDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISASTER MANAGEMENTTRANSACTION COSTSFLOODURBAN DEVELOPMENTWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONDAT DATABASEGOVERNANCEINSURANCEOVERHEAD COSTSMICROFINANCELANDHURRICANEBANK MANAGEMENTRISKACCIDENTSMINISTRIES OF FINANCEDISASTER RISKSDISASTER RISK REDUCTIONREVENUEDISASTER MANAGERSRISK MANAGEMENTLENDINGINTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTIONEMERGENCY PREPAREDNESSEPIDEMIOLOGYINSURANCE COMPANIESEVACUATIONMEDICINESDISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITYADBGOVERNMENTSSAFETYNATURAL HAZARDSDAMAGE ASSESSMENTSRISK ASSESSMENTALLIANCESREINSURERENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERSRISK ANALYSISBookWorld Bank10.1596/978-1-60244-102-6