DRFF in the News
Aug 29
2024
From July 3-9, 2024, a unique knowledge exchange visit was facilitated by the World Bank Group’s Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance team. The visit involved four countries seeking to understand and exchange best practices in Disaster Risk Financing (DRF). The knowledge visit was organized in collaboration with the Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) and the Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF). Twenty senior policymakers from Bangladesh and Sierra Leone travelled to Malawi,... Keep reading
Aug 06
2024
Dakar, July 2024 - The Republic of Senegal, through the Ministry of Finance and Budget, in partnership with the World Bank and the Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), conducted a workshop on July 23, 2024, to publish the results and conclusions of the diagnostic study on climate and disaster risk financing (DRF). The event also marked the start of the national integration process for the GSFF. The meeting... Keep reading
Jul 30
2024
The training group in Kenya From the 20 th to 25 th June 2024, the World Bank’s De-risking, Inclusion, and Value Enhancement of Pastoral Economies in the Horn of Africa ( DRIVE ) Project organized a series of two-day training workshops on Islamic Finance in Nairobi, Kenya and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The objective of the training was to enable policymakers, regulators and the private sector to share their experiences and to learn from leading Islamic finance experts on the unique features of... Keep reading