DRFF in the News
May 29
2023
The G20 Council's Second Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRRWG) meeting was held in Mumbai between May 23 and 25, 2023. The meeting was centered around five focus areas: i) Global Coverage of Early Warning Systems; ii) Disaster and Climate Resilience Infrastructure; iii) Financing Frameworks for Disaster Risk Reduction; and iv) National and global disaster recovery and rehabilitation system; increased application of ecosystems-based approaches to disaster risk reduction. The meeting was... Keep reading
May 18
2023
On May 18, 2023, a webinar was held to present the publishing of the report Flood Risk Modeling to Support Risk Transfer: Challenges and Opportunities in Data-Scarce Contexts. This report, and therefore webinar, explored the processes and challenges in developing flood risk models to support disaster risk financing and insurance and proposes guidelines for risk modeling and risk monitoring in support of flood risk transfer instruments for data-scarce contexts. This report is informed by... Keep reading
Mar 30
2023
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2023 – The World Bank today approved $100 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* to strengthen the social protection system and expand the coverage of poor households in the productive social safety net. The Benin Productive Social Safety Net Program (PSSNP) is aimed specifically at expanding the national Gbessoke safety net program and improve its ability to better support poor households during shocks. At least 150,000 individuals,... Keep reading