DRFF in the News
May 19
2021
Between April 28 to May 4, 2021, a World Bank virtual mission was held to further the engagement between the government of the Kingdom of Eswatini and the World Bank on the disaster risk finance agenda. The World Bank team included Kaavya Krishna (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, EFNRF) and Barry Patrick Maher (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, EAEF2 & TTL).The primary objective of the mission was to present the first draft of the Disaster Risk Finance Diagnostic Report to obtain... Keep reading
May 17
2021
Application Information : Please email a brief cover letter (optional) and your resume to Kaavya Ashok Krishna ( kashokkrishna@worldbank.org ) and Sumati Rajput ( srajput1@worldbank.org ) Application Deadline: Monday, 31 May, 2021 Terms of Reference : PLEASE click here to download the Terms of Reference for the position Keep reading
May 11
2021
On April 27, 2021, the World Bank Group's (WBG) Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) and the Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) jointly hosted a virtual session on Managing Disaster Related Contingent Liabilities. This was the first session in the Knowledge Exchange Series: Building Sovereign Financial Resilience in Middle Income Countries. The series is a continuation, in virtual formats, of traditional knowledge exchange events that take place every... Keep reading