Fiji

FIJI Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
Table 12: Total Recovery and Reconstruction Needs for the ESLP Sector (F$ million)
Recovery Reconstruction Resilience Total
Micro-enterprise support and preparedness 7 7
Enterprise Recovery Programme (to support
enterprises in the formal sector)
10 10
Expansion of existing social benefit scheme 7 7
Capacity building of Government agencies and CSO’s
that support micro enterprises
Skills Development & Business Confidence
Programme for construction sector using
Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programmes
(EIIP)
Child Labour monitoring, advocacy and withdrawal
programme
Study on the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) on
the impact of withdrawals for disasters and social
security support programmes for informal workers
3.5 3.5
3 3
0.5 0.5
0.5 0.5
Total 31.5 31.5
Source: Estimations by Assessment Team.
Note: A detailed breakdown of recovery needs by sector is included in Annex 2.
2.3 Disaster Impact on Quality of Life
While the overall economic impact of disasters varies widely, it is always significantly negative on the quality of life of the
affected population, particularly in the case of more vulnerable population groups.
Reliable quantitative procedures exist to estimate disaster impact at the macroeconomic level, but methodologies to
quantitatively estimate disaster impact at the personal or household level have lagged behind, often concentrating only
on qualitative means of assessment. The Human Development Index (HDI) was used as a proxy quality of life indicator;
however, the HDI is relatively static and does not lend itself to measuring impact on quality of life caused by a sudden
disaster, and is not available in all countries nor at sub-national levels.
To estimate the changes in quality of life following TC Winston, a composite measurement index was estimated based on
relatively simple indicators, and data was collected during the relatively short duration of this PDNA. 42 This approach was
successfully applied and tested during the recent PDNAs following the 2015 Nepal earthquake and Myanmar floods and
landslides. 43
The following sectoral indicators are used in estimating disaster impact on quality of life for the affected population:
disease outbreaks arising from the disaster;
In addition to the above, whenever agricultural production losses were high in comparison to normal productions volumes,
which may occur as a result of slow-evolving disasters, an additional indicator measuring food insecurity may be added.
42
Jovel, Roberto. Estimation of Disaster-Induced Losses to Define Post-Disaster Recovery Requirements, in Disaster Recovery: The
Governance, Economics, and Social Impacts, Asian Disaster Management News, Volume 22, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC),
Bangkok, Thailand, 2015.
43
See Myanmar Post-Disaster Needs Assessment on Floods and Landslides, July–September 2015, Government of the Union of Myanmar,
November 2015.
36 Tropical Cyclone Winston, February 20, 2016