Financial Flows
Financial flows refer to the movement of funds for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and response, covering planned and unplanned sources.
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.
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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.
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This Disaster Risk Diagnostic supports The Gambia’s efforts to strengthen disaster risk financing and recommends ways to build a clearer risk profile.
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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.
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This policy brief draws on the findings of five Discussion Papers in the Centre’s IDA19 Series.
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Lessons for IDA from the UK Government’s approach to explicit contingent liabilities.
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This paper charts the evolution of the World Bank’s approach to crisis risk financing.
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This paper proposes an innovative approach to financing contingent liabilities using IDA.
Read moreParametric insurance
Insurance that pays when an agreed indicator reaches a set level, not actual losses.
Crisis protection gap
The difference between expected crisis costs and funding already arranged to cover them.
Attachment point
The loss level above which a reinsurer begins paying under a reinsurance agreement.
Disaster risk management
Policies and actions to reduce disaster risks, manage impacts and strengthen resilience.
International premium support
Premium support is international funding to pay for insurance premiums.
Climate resilient debt clause or 'debt pause clause'
A provision in sovereign debt contracts that enables the borrower to temporarily stop repaying debt service for a pre-agreed period when a predefined event occurs.
