DRFF in the News
Oct 10
2018
The first PCRAFI Program e-learning course is now publicly available! Discover how Pacific Island countries are increasing financial preparedness for disasters. The Disaster Risk Finance in the Pacific e-learning will boost your understanding of disaster risk finance instruments and how they help countries prepare for disasters. Through case studies and real-world examples, you will learn how Disaster Risk Finance instruments are applied in different Pacific Island countries and the impact they... Keep reading
Aug 24
2018
CatRiskTools, which is developed and maintained by Insurance Development Forum, provides a free and open access global directory of catastrophe risk assessment tools. It provides a comprehensive listing of available tools, with information on key attributes to help a potential user assess their applicability to the problem they are trying to solve. Click here to explore the CatRiskTools. Keep reading
Aug 13
2018
The APEC Workshop on Financial Management of Public Assets against Disaster Risks was held on June 21-22, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan, as part of a series of activities of the Working Group (WG) on Regional Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) Solutions for APEC economies, under the co-chairmanship of the Philippines and Japan, with technical support from the World Bank Group’s Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) and the World Bank Tokyo Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Hub. This two-day... Keep reading