DRFF in the News
Feb 11
2021
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors recently approved a $500 million loan to strengthen Indonesia's financial and fiscal resilience. The loan will help the country build and strengthen its financial response to natural disasters, climate risks, and health-related shocks. The project is supported by a $14 million grant from the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) to assist in building technical capacity, environmental and social management systems, bring new technology to the... Keep reading
Jan 19
2021
For a first-time user on World Bank Group's online e-learnings, a new account is required to be created. Click here to access the Member Portal Help Content. Fundamentals of Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) Link: https://olc.worldbank.org/content/fundamentals-of-disaster-risk-finance-0 Link: https://wbg.sabacloud.com/Saba/Web_spf/NA1PRD0002/common/ledetail/00022590-02 (Russian version ) The Fundamentals of DRF aims to increase the understanding of the purpose, scope, development impact, and basic... Keep reading
Jan 05
2021
Satellite technology is increasingly applied to providing quick, accurate, and effective responses to frequent and complex disaster situations. Across the world, countries are recognizing the need of utilizing remote sensing technologies as a critical tool in real-time disaster management. The Singapore Space and Technology Ltd (SSTL) launched the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Challenge aims to stimulate and tap into the creativity of companies, start-ups, research groups,... Keep reading