Rapid-Onset Natural Disasters

Eight briefs have been written addressing issues of rapid-onset natural disasters for the Microenterprise Best Practices (MBP) project. The first five of these briefs are meant to guide microfinance institutions (MFIs) that respond to natural disaster scenarios. These briefs discuss the possible interventions and actions that MFIs could undertake in the aftermath of a disaster, based on the experience of MFIs from Hurricane Mitch and the Bangladesh flood of 1998. The final three briefs focus on natural disaster preparedness.