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 moreOfficial 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.




