DRFF in the News
Nov 04
2021
The World Bank is committed to continuing to closely and effectively cooperate with and support the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam in research and policy development; technical assistance on financial solutions and disaster risk insurance, as well as development of Vietnam's capital market. On November 4, 2021, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance, Deputy Minister Nguyen Duc Chi received Ms. Carolyn Turk - World Bank Country Director for Vietnam. Speaking at the meeting, Deputy... Keep reading
Oct 29
2021
The fifth webinar of the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) Technical Talks took place virtually on October 26, 2021. The webinar featured an in-depth discussion on gender and disaster risk finance (DRF), featuring women in disaster risk finance, and panel discussion with gender experts on the business case for gender inclusion in design and implementation of financial solutions. Josefine Greber (Senior Policy Officer in the Climate Policy Division, German Federal Ministry for Economic... Keep reading
Oct 13
2021
The sixth webinar in the Strengthening Financial Resilience in Agriculture Knowledge Series took place virtually on October 12, 2021. The session discussed the role of agriculture insurance as a risk transfer instrument and focused on micro-level, individual farmer insurance products and programs. Charles Stutley (Senior Agriculture Insurance Consultant, Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance [CDRF], World Bank Group, [WBG]) provided an overview of agricultural insurance and the global agricultural... Keep reading