“This report helps to measure and assess countries, progress in supporting older populations in respect of disaster risk, highlighting gaps in international and national data sets and pointing to appropriate policies. It demonstrates clearly how leaving out older people in approaches to development, including disaster risk management planning, can lead to bad outcomes for them in disasters. This pilot index provides feedback to countries and policy makers on how they are doing globally, and, of equal importance, the data demonstrates the changes needed to improve the disaster resilience of older people, from education and social pensions to age-inclusive disaster risk management.” Reference: Disaster Risk and Age Index by Help Age International