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06 December 2023
Across all Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF) engagements with governments, the private sector remains a key partner. Particularly for design of risk transfer solutions and for placement of risk, governments rely on risk modelers, actuaries, and brokers as well as domestic and international markets. GSFF recognizes that private sector engagement is key for strengthening domestic insurance markets and accessing international reinsurance markets. The GSFF provides grants to support the... Keep reading
27 November 2023
The Horn of Africa (HoA) is one of the world’s most vulnerable and impoverished regions. Its fragility is underscored by the prevalence of pastoralism and livestock rearing as the primary means of sustenance. These practices contribute to over one-third of the agricultural GDP in most nations and a staggering 80 percent in Djibouti and Somalia. Livestock represents not just a source of prosperity but a fundamental source of livelihood within this region. Yet when droughts strike, pastoralists... Keep reading
21 November 2023
The Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF) combats the fragmentation of climate and disaster risk finance and insurance initiatives through active collaboration with diverse stakeholders, thereby promoting efficient resource allocation and a unified global response. Under its first pillar, which focuses on global engagements, GSFF contributes significantly to closing the protection gap, in part by partnering closely with the Global Shield against Climate Risks and its working groups, in-... Keep reading
14 November 2023
Burkina Faso is home to a vast informal micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector that includes over 1.4 million businesses. However, of the 65,000 formal enterprises in the country, only 500 generate an annual turnover exceeding CFAF 1 billion (US$1.8 million). The country has been facing a deteriorating security landscape while also witnessing a staggering increase in internally displaced persons (IDPs). A US$12 million Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) grant, embedded within a... Keep reading
07 November 2023
Gender gaps in several areas contribute to women being more severely affected by natural disasters than men. An estimated 80 percent of those displaced by climate change are women, and women are disproportionally represented among the 4 billion people globally who are excluded from social protection schemes. For example, only 26.3 percent of working-age women are covered by a pension scheme, compared to 38.7 percent of working-age men. Additionally, women make up 55 percent of the world’s... Keep reading
09 October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic caught Benedikt Signer off guard. He had to pivot from his carefully planned two-day workshop on public asset insurance to a fully virtual 10-part webinar series. Despite being an experienced trainer, Benedikt found this shift challenging; virtual interactions with his audience felt very different from the face-to-face interactions he was used to. “In-person workshops allow you to read the room, which helps the dialogue flow more naturally,” Benedikt explained. “The... Keep reading