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10 Tips for Planning Successful Webinars

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Projected health-care resource needs for an effective response to COVID-19 in 73 low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

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September 11, 2020

Four Ways Disaster Risk Finance Strengthens the Effectiveness of Adaptive Social Protection

Catastrophe Insurance Programs for Public Assets— Operational Framework

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Photo Credit: ESA/WSF. Urban sprawl in Shanghai, China, 1985–2015. The satellite image highlights areas of rapid, uncontrolled demographic growth.

August 13, 2020

Five Ways Satellite Data Can Help Prepare for the Unexpected

Disaster Risk Finance for Social Protection Supports Better Response to COVID-19 and Other Risks

08/11/2020 - 13:00 - 08/11/2020 - 14:30

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The COVID-19 pandemic is having a large negative impact on all economies given the health shock, global economic slowdown, and the impact of domestic containment measures. Linking risk financing to shock-responsive safety nets, as Kenya and Uganda have done and as Malawi, Sierra Leone, and countries across the Sahel are planning to do, can be a game-changer for resilience. The social protection sector provides important lessons for managing future risks.