DRFF in the News
May 03
2021
A series of training sessions on fiscal/financial risk assessment of disasters was provided to the Ministry of Finance of Georgia (MoF) during December 2020 and April 2021. The objective of the training was to support the Government of Georgia in understanding the fiscal/financial impacts of disasters and inform their improvement of the fiscal risk statement as it relates to disaster and climate shocks. The training was part of the technical assistance under the WB-SECO program on sovereign... Keep reading
May 03
2021
On April 29th, Olivier Mahul (Practice Manager, Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance Unit, World Bank Group) attended as a guest speaker at the European Space Agency (ESA) event dedicated to Space Technology for the Financial Sector. He presented views from the World Bank on Leveraging Space Technology for Climate Risk Finance, to a wide audience (700+ attendees) and speakers from the financial stability and green finance communities and including representatives from the Task Force on Climate-... Keep reading
Apr 20
2021
The second webinar in the Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) for Agriculture Knowledge Series took place virtually on April 15, 2021. It focused on identifying risks and prioritizing interventions for risk reduction and preparedness. John Plevin (Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Globa Practice, WBG) presented the key takeaways and moderated the Q&A. Diego Arias Carballo (Lead Agriculture Economist, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, WBG) introduced the key... Keep reading