Glossary

Financial Flows

Financial flows refer to the movement of funds for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and response, covering planned and unplanned sources.

Learn more

Report

Emerging Lessons On Pre-Agreed Financing For Shock-Responsive Social Protection In Malawi

The report contributes to a broader study to consider the opportunities, potential risks, and benefits of channelling disaster risk financing instruments through national social protection systems.

Report

Emerging Lessons On Pre-Agreed Financing For Shock-Responsive Social Protection In Jamaica

The report contributes to a broader study to consider the opportunities, potential risks, and benefits of channelling disaster risk financing instruments through national social protection systems.

Report

The Gambia Disaster Risk Finance Diagnostic

This Disaster Risk Diagnostic supports The Gambia’s efforts to strengthen disaster risk financing and recommends ways to build a clearer risk profile.

Working Paper

Mapping Financial Flows For Disasters

This paper aims to identify available data and methodologies, explore whether these could support a global database to track disaster-related financial flows.

Brief

IDA19: A Vital Tool In Managing Crisis Risk

This policy brief draws on the findings of five Discussion Papers in the Centre’s IDA19 Series.

Paper

Managing The Financial Cost Of Disasters

Lessons for IDA from the UK Government’s approach to explicit contingent liabilities.

Paper

Beyond Banking: Crisis Risk Finance And Development Insurance In IDA19

This paper charts the evolution of the World Bank’s approach to crisis risk financing.

Paper

Financing Explicit Contingent Liabilities Through IDA

This paper proposes an innovative approach to financing contingent liabilities using IDA.

other key terms

Social protection

Policies and programmes designed to reduce and prevent poverty and vulnerability throughout the life cycle.

Contingent loan (or credit) and grants

A pre approved loan or grant released automatically when agreed crisis conditions or triggers are met.

Attachment point

The loss level above which a reinsurer begins paying under a reinsurance agreement.

Fragility

High exposure to risk combined with weak capacity to cope, often leading to crisis.

Covariate shocks

Shocks affecting many households at once where losses are shared across the same community.

Anticipatory Action

Actions taken before a crisis hits to prevent or reduce potential disaster impacts prior to a shock or before acute impacts are felt.