DRFF in the News
Aug 16
2020
On August 11, the World Bank Group’s Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance (CDRF) team hosted the webinar – “Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) for Social Protection Supports Better Response to COVID-19 and Other Risks,” as part of the Socialprotection.org COVID-19 Webinar Series, which is a joint effort initiated by the IPC-IG , GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ( BMZ ), and the Australia Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ( DFAT ) in... Keep reading
May 21
2020
NUKU’ALOFA, May 1, 2020 The Government of Tonga can now access an additional US $4.5million (approx. Tongan Pa’anga $10.4million) from its disaster insurance cover to support response and recovery efforts following the impact of Category five Tropical Cyclone Harold. This additional assistance is an insurance payout from the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) that was established under the World Bank’s Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI)... Keep reading
May 08
2020
The course is designed to help you better understand risk information, challenge quantitative results, and evaluate options to make risk-informed decisions for financial and economic planning purposes. Through a series of examples and practical hands-on exercises you will explore the five-step disaster risk analytics workflow, discovering how to assess the fiscal impact of disasters and how Disaster Risk Finance Analytics can support decision making and financial planning to reduce the... Keep reading