Disaster Management Reference Handbooks

CFE-DM's Disaster Management Reference Handbooks provide a baseline of information regarding countries most prone to disasters. The handbooks offer readers an operational understanding of a nation's disaster management capability and vulnerability, with detailed information on demographics; hazards; government structure; regional and international assistance; infrastructure; laws and guidelines; risks and vulnerabilities; and other areas vital to a comprehensive disaster management knowledge base.

ASEAN | 2026

Australia | 2025

Bangladesh | 2023

Blue Pacific Continent Volume 1 | 2024

Blue Pacific Continent Volume 2 | 2024

Brunei | 2026

Cambodia | 2024

Chile | 2025

Fiji | 2026

India (assisting state) | 2022

Indonesia | 2025

Lao PDR | 2024

Malaysia | 2025

Maldives | 2024

Marshall Islands | 2026

Mauritius | 2024

Mongolia | 2025

Micronesia | 2026

Myanmar (Burma) | 2020

Nepal | 2023

Northeast Asia | 2026

Pakistan | 2025

Palau | 2026

Papua New Guinea | 2025

Philippines | 2025

Seychelles | 2024

Singapore | 2025

Solomon Islands | 2023

Sri Lanka | 2024

Taiwan | 2026

Thailand | 2025

Timor-Leste | 2025

Tonga | 2023

Vanuatu | 2023

Vietnam | 2025

Disaster Management Primer

Bhutan | 2025


Pacific Humanitarian Team Products

The Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) with the support of the OCHA Office for the Pacific produces Country Preparedness Packages (CPPs) on countries vulnerable to disasters in the Pacific. The documents are a joint initiative of the Governments of the Pacific Islands and the PHT; it outlines existing national structures and plans for utilizing international support in a disaster response. The PHT remain the authors of the CPPs.

Cook Islands Marshall Islands Vanuatu