Measuring political will : an index of commitment to disaster risk reduction

• Main Authors: Lassa, Jonatan A., Surjan, Akhilesh, Caballero-Anthony, Mely, Fisher, Rohan
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Disaster Risk Reduction; Political Will
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105575; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50236
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The future of societal resilience depends largely on political commitment to allocate resources to manage and reduce disaster risks and vulnerabilities and build resilience. Lack of political commitment has often been cited as one of the culprits inhibiting countries to prioritise actions towards mi...