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and in Sratawaew sub-district; in Uthai Thani: (i) Pakkabadsamphan, and (ii) Hardthanong
in the sub-district of Thasung; Bungtaptae in Thasung sub-district and Wang Sathit and
Neuan Tontarn in Nong Paiban sub-district; in Nakhon Sawan: (i) Nakhon Sawan municipality
and (ii) the following three communities: Tapkrit Pattana (Moo 8); Nuen Thong (Moo
7) and Yansawai (Moo 4). In addition, the team conducted additional informal interviews in
Koksamutr in Lop Buri. These communities were selected in coordination with the Ministry
of Social Development and Human Security, the Department of Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation and civil society organizations. Focus group discussions (FGD) and key
informant interviews (KIIs) were held with the following groups within the communities: (i)
informal workers (daily laborers), small business owners and low income civil servants, in
urban areas; and (ii) in rural areas the team conducted three separate focus groups – two
with individuals representing a range of occupations and a third FGD was held exclusively
with farmers. A total of 30 FDGs and 70 KIIs were conducted for the SIA.
Rapid Assessment Process
The DALA relies on the estimation of disaster effects on the impacted sectors of the
affected economy. Once all sectors have been assessed in terms of damage and loss,
the results are aggregated to obtain the total amount of disaster effects ensuring that no
double accounting and/or gaps exist. This aggregation of data will enable the estimation
of financial requirements or needs to achieve full recovery and reconstruction of the
economy.
The Rapid Assessment covered 18 sectors and crosscutting issues with a geographic
extent of 26 provinces. The sectors and sub-sectors listed below were included in the
assessment. Note that the Social Impacts Assessment, the Social Protection Sector,
Livelihoods and the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Sector did not use the DALA
Methodology in their Recovery and Reconstruction work.
Infrastructure
• Flood control, drainage and
irrigation
• Transport
• Telecommunication
• Electricity
• Water supply and sanitation
Productive
• Agriculture
• Industry and commerce
• Tourism
• Financial and insurance
Table 3:
Sectors teams fielded for
the Rapid Assessment
Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Livelihoods and Migrant workers
Cross Cutting
• Environment
• Gender
• Disaster Risk Management
Social
• Health
• Education
• Housing
• Cultural heritage
• Social Protection
• Social Impacts Assessment
The Rapid Assessment process involved many steps and activities, beginning with a twoday
DALA methodology orientation for all participating team members including representatives
from all line ministries, the EU, the UN Country Team, and the World Bank. This
was done in conjunction with the collection of baseline information and data on damage
and losses provided by the government through different line ministries, provincial authori-
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