DRFF in the News
May 08
2020
E-learning -- Disaster Risk Finance in the Pacific: Get Ready to Respond! A new e-learning program has been released to help finance personnel in Pacific island countries prepare for disaster response operations. Using case studies and country-specific information, Disaster Risk Finance in the Pacific: Get Ready to Respond! highlights the importance of finance in disaster preparedness and response, introduces learners to disaster response organizational structures and, describes the... Keep reading
May 05
2020
Vendor Procurement Post (Application deadline: May 13th 2020): Disasters force an estimated 26 million people into poverty every year. Climate change will further increase the magnitude and frequency of extreme events in the future. Launched in October 2018, Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) is a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF), housed in the World Bank, aims to provide grants to test, pilot, and scale up financing instruments that help developing countries better manage financial impacts... Keep reading
Feb 28
2020
The second additional financing for the Sierra Leone safety net project , was launched by the President in Sierra Leone on February 27, 2020. With the World Bank's support, the additional financing aims to expand the coverage of the basic social safety net which provides income support to extremely poor households in all 16 districts of Sierra Leone. As part of the additional financing, resources have been secured from the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF), to build shock-responsive... Keep reading