DRFF in the News
Mar 10
2022
On March 8, 2022, In honor of International Women’s Day, the World Bank Group's (WBG) Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) hosted a webinar “Women in Risk Finance” to celebrate and learn from female leaders who champion financial resilience towards climate disasters and other shocks in Africa. The event served as a platform for these leaders to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and successes they have experienced in advancing the Financial Resilience agenda in their... Keep reading
Feb 23
2022
HANOI, 10 February , 2022 – The Ministry of Finance, acting under the authority from the Government of Viet Nam, today signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to become the eighth member of the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF) 1 . The facility is a regional platform for countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN + 3) to work together to strengthen financial resilience against climate and disaster risks in ASEAN... Keep reading
Feb 17
2022
On February 10, 2021, in partnership with Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the World Bank Group's (WBG) Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) hosted the 7th session of the Knowledge Exchange Series. The session focused on the Data and Information for Sovereign Disaster Risk Financing. 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