Pandemic
This paper outlines key trends of financial flows toward outbreak response and identifies relevant emerging initiatives.
Read moreThis brief forms part of a cross-country study on the opportunity cost of reallocating budgets in response to disasters.
Read moreThis brief forms part of a cross-country study on the opportunity cost of reallocating budgets in response to disasters.
Read moreThis cross-country synthesis study calculates what the opportunity cost of budget reallocations was during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreThis report looks at key lessons from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) first anticipatory action (AA) pilot for drought in Somalia.
Read moreThis research has highlighted the flaws in the current system which is not always able to support response where need is greatest.
Read moreThis discussion paper examines the unequal impacts of the pandemic across different groups.
Read moreThis paper summarises the different shocks created by the global Covid-19 crisis.
Read moreDevelopment bank
A public financial institution providing loans, grants and expertise to support development goals.
International premium support
Premium support is international funding to pay for insurance premiums.
Social protection
Policies and programmes designed to reduce and prevent poverty and vulnerability throughout the life cycle.
Adaptive social protection
Social protection systems that adjust to shocks, helping vulnerable people prepare, cope and recover over time.
Other official flows (OOF)
Public funding supporting development that does not meet official aid definitions.
Disaster risk financing
Financial arrangements made in advance to pay for disaster prevention, response and recovery.




