Glossary

Pandemic

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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.

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other key terms

Official development assistance (ODA)

Public aid supporting development and welfare in eligible countries, usually on concessional terms.

Financial Flows

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

Risk layering

Using different financial instruments for different disaster frequencies.

Preparedness

Skills, systems and resources developed to respond effectively to likely future crises.

Risk transfer

When disaster risk is shifted to insurers or capital markets.

Prevention

Actions taken to avoid or reduce the impacts of future crises and hazards.