DRFF in the News
Jun 01
2021
The first webinar of the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) Technical Talks took place virtually on May 27, 2021. The webinar focused on an introduction to GRiF followed by an engaging conversation with GRiF's donor representatives. Olivier Mahul (Practice Manager, Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance - CDRF, WBG) and Zoe Trohanis (Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), WBG) welcomed the attendees with opening remarks. Sumati Rajput... Keep reading
May 28
2021
The third webinar in the Strengthening Financial Resilience in Agriculture Knowledge Series took place virtually on May 26, 2021. It focused on discussing the role of financial market solutions for building resilience to shocks in agriculture. John Plevin (Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice, WBG) presented the key takeaways from the previous session and moderated the Q&A. Toshiaki Ono (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Finance,... Keep reading
May 19
2021
Between April 28 to May 4, 2021, a World Bank virtual mission was held to further the engagement between the government of the Kingdom of Eswatini and the World Bank on the disaster risk finance agenda. The World Bank team included Kaavya Krishna (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, EFNRF) and Barry Patrick Maher (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, EAEF2 & TTL).The primary objective of the mission was to present the first draft of the Disaster Risk Finance Diagnostic Report to obtain... Keep reading