DRFF in the News
Aug 04
2021
On July 27, 2021, in partnership with the Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the World Bank Group's (WBG) Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) hosted the 3rd session of the Knowledge Exchange Series. The session focused on the management of disaster funds for response and recovery . The series is a continuation, in virtual formats, of traditional knowledge exchange events that take place every two years to empower countries under the program through... Keep reading
Aug 02
2021
The fifth webinar in the Strengthening Financial Resilience in Agriculture Knowledge Series took place virtually on July 21, 2021. The session focused on the steps required to operationalize and implement national level Agriculture Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) strategies and programs to build financial resilience to disasters within the agriculture sector. Lisa Yu (Risk Finance Consultant, Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation, World Bank Group [WBG]) presented the key takeaways from the... Keep reading
Jul 27
2021
The summer special webinar of the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) Technical Talks took place virtually on July 22, 2021. The webinar featured a deep-dive into the art of story-telling to better communicate operational work. The session was kicked-off by lightening presentations from award-winning, professional story-tellers. Sunil Vishnu K (Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Evam and Training Sideways) presented the five hacks to effective story-telling . Chrissy Lim (Founder and Creative... Keep reading