Businesses are closely related with communities not only as providers of goods but also as job market creators. The timely and efficient recovery of business operations is crucial for serving the basic needs of disaster‐stricken communities and the continuation of daily life activities, thus speeding up the return to “normalcy.” The majority of private business is still unaware of the possibilities, opportunities, and advantages of engaging in disaster risk reduction (DRR)‐related initiatives. The current paper argues that information sharing, access to funding, adequate and easy‐to‐understand and to follow rules and regulations, and functioning public institutions with designated coordinating bodies need to be in place to enable this process. This study concludes that coordinated, tailored, continuous efforts by both businesses and the public sector, supported by international organizations, will be needed to tackle the complex web of disaster challenges now and in the decades to follow. The paper will focus on East and South Asia as some of the most disaster‐prone regions in the world, without comparing the success rate between the individual countries. It is, instead, intended as a perspective paper, aiming to provide a broad regional overview of some of the challenges and opportunities in engaging the private sector in disaster management, and to present some high‐level policy suggestions on how to better address the existing issues.

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使私营部门参与南亚和东亚的抗灾能力建设

企业不仅作为商品的提供者而且作为就业市场的创造者与社区密切相关。及时有效地恢复业务运营对于满足受灾社区的基本需求和维持日常生活活动至关重要，从而加快了恢复“正常状态”的速度。大多数私营企业仍未意识到参与减少灾害风险（DRR）相关计划的可能性，机会和优势。本文认为，必须建立信息共享，获得资金，充足且易于理解并遵守规章制度，以及具有指定协调机构的运转性公共机构，以实现这一过程。这项研究得出的结论是，协调，量身定制，在国际组织的支持下，企业和公共部门都需要不断努力，以应对当前以及今后几十年的复杂的灾害挑战网。本文将重点关注东亚和南亚，因为它们是世界上最容易受灾的地区，而没有比较各个国家之间的成功率。相反，本报告仅作为观点文件，旨在就私营部门参与灾害管理方面的挑战和机遇提供广泛的区域概述，并就如何更好地解决现有问题提出一些高层次的政策建议。问题。本文将重点关注东亚和南亚，因为它们是世界上最容易受灾的地区，而没有比较各个国家之间的成功率。相反，本报告仅作为观点文件，旨在就私营部门参与灾害管理方面的挑战和机遇提供广泛的区域概述，并就如何更好地解决现有问题提出一些高层次的政策建议。问题。本文将重点关注东亚和南亚，因为它们是世界上最容易受灾的地区，而没有比较各个国家之间的成功率。相反，本报告仅作为观点文件，旨在就私营部门参与灾害管理方面的挑战和机遇提供广泛的区域概述，并就如何更好地解决现有问题提出一些高层次的政策建议。问题。