This short note was published as independent blogs between June and October 2020 as part of technical knowledge produced by the disaster risk finance community of practice.
The forum on financial protection against natural disasters in Central Asia took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on February 26 to 27, 2019. Organized by the World Bank with support of global facility for...
The forum on financial protection against natural disasters in Central Asia took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on February 26 to 27, 2019. Organized by the World Bank with support of global facility for...
This disaster risk finance country note was prepared as part of technical assistance within the strengthening disaster resilience in Tajikistan project. It aims to: (i) raise awareness of the fiscal impacts...
This disaster risk finance country note was prepared as part of technical assistance within the strengthening disaster resilience in Tajikistan project. It aims to: (i) raise awareness of the fiscal impacts...
The World Bank and Asian Development Bank have worked in more than 50 countries to (i) quantify the economic and fiscal impact of disasters; (ii) take stock of existing mechanisms to finance these costs...
Climate change, weather-related disasters, and slow-onset changes such as rising sea levels threaten sustainable development and force some 26 million people into poverty every year. Sovereign disaster...
Improving governance is a major development challenge for Cameroon and for many other developing countries, and making public financial management more transparent is a central part of it. While budgets...