Jan Kellett

Research Associate, Climate and Environment

Jan Kellett is a research associate with ODI. Jan has recently finished leading the Global Humanitarian Assistance programme at development initiatives, which during his tenure become a one of the most used resources aid resources.

Before this he worked mostly for the United Nations in a variety of post-conflict and post-disaster situations, firstly for UNDP implementing programmes, as cluster manager responsible for multi-agency delivery and more recently as advisor to Resident Coordinators.

His country experience includes Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Namibia, Macedonia, and Serbia.

His recent work experience and interests include risk, resilience and preparedness, aid financing, communications in crisis, transition and fragility.

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Report launch: International financing of disaster risk reduction

Event - Public event - 20 September 2013 09:30 - 11:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

At this event the Overseas Development Institute and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery at the World Bank launch a joint report onInternational Financing of Disaster Risk Reduction. With serious questions about how the international community has dealt with disasters in the past 20 years how much is committed to disaster prevention, how it is allocated and what is the future of international support towards the reduction of disaster risk?

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Financing Disaster Risk Reduction: A 20 year story of international aid

Publication - Research reports and studies - 18 September 2013

Jan Kellett and Alice Caravani

This report examines the record of the international community to date, investigating the priorities in financing of DRR, and asking questions of both the equity and adequacy of past efforts. Beyond this it points to the future of a more rational, targeted investment in risk reduction.

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OP-ED: Financing of disaster risk reduction needs urgent reform

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 September 2013

Over 20 years, disaster losses in developing nations have amounted to 862 billion dollars (a considerable under-estimate). During this period the international community has spent just 13.5 billion dollars on disaster risk reduction (DRR), equivalent to 40 cents of every 100 dollars of development aid – this has to change.

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The world needs better funding for disaster risk reduction

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 7 August 2013

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Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions - 2013

Event - Course - 16 - 23 July 2013

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer an ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.

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