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 moreInternational crisis financing system
The network of global organisations funding crisis prevention, preparedness and response.
International premium support
Premium support is international funding to pay for insurance premiums.
International development financing
Public funding flows supporting development objectives in lower income countries.
Crisis risk
The likelihood of harm or loss from crises shaped by hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity.
Disaster
A severe event causing widespread harm that exceeds a community’s ability to cope alone.
Cost multiple
The cost multiple measures the average amount a government pays to receive USD 1 of payout from a financing instrument over its lifetime.




