Pandemic
This paper outlines key trends of financial flows toward outbreak response and identifies relevant emerging initiatives.
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This brief forms part of a cross-country study on the opportunity cost of reallocating budgets in response to disasters.
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This brief forms part of a cross-country study on the opportunity cost of reallocating budgets in response to disasters.
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This cross-country synthesis study calculates what the opportunity cost of budget reallocations was during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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This 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.
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This research has highlighted the flaws in the current system which is not always able to support response where need is greatest.
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This discussion paper examines the unequal impacts of the pandemic across different groups.
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This paper summarises the different shocks created by the global Covid-19 crisis.
Read moreDisaster risk management
Policies and actions to reduce disaster risks, manage impacts and strengthen resilience.
Sustainable development
Meeting today’s needs without limiting future generations’ ability to meet theirs.
Fragility
High exposure to risk combined with weak capacity to cope, often leading to crisis.
Development bank
A public financial institution providing loans, grants and expertise to support development goals.
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.
Trigger
A predefined threshold that activates payments or actions within risk financing mechanisms.
