DRFF in the News
Jul 27
2021
The summer special webinar of the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) Technical Talks took place virtually on July 22, 2021. The webinar featured a deep-dive into the art of story-telling to better communicate operational work. The session was kicked-off by lightening presentations from award-winning, professional story-tellers. Sunil Vishnu K (Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Evam and Training Sideways) presented the five hacks to effective story-telling . Chrissy Lim (Founder and Creative... Keep reading
Jul 20
2021
The fourth webinar in the Strengthening Financial Resilience in Agriculture Knowledge Series took place virtually on July 15, 2021. The session set out a framework on how governments can structure and implement a program to build financial resilience to disasters within the agriculture sector. Lisa Yu (Risk Finance Consultant, Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation, World Bank Group [WBG]) presented the key takeaways from the previous session and moderated the Question & Answer session... Keep reading
Jul 20
2021
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD) priced a catastrophe bond that will provide the Government of Jamaica with financial protection of up to US $185 million against losses from named storms for three Atlantic tropical cyclone seasons ending in December 2023. The government of Jamaica is the first government in the Caribbean region, and the first of any small island state, to independently sponsor a catastrophe bond, also known as a cat bond. Jamaica... Keep reading