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.
Total crisis financing
Development funding focused mainly on crisis prevention, preparedness and response activities.
Crisis protection gap
The difference between expected crisis costs and funding already arranged to cover them.
Official development assistance (ODA)
Public aid supporting development and welfare in eligible countries, usually on concessional terms.
Disaster risk financing
Financial arrangements made in advance to pay for disaster prevention, response and recovery.
Development insurer
An insurer supporting development goals through insurance products and technical assistance.




