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

Shock-responsive social protection

Social protection systems adapted to scale quickly when large shocks affect many people.

Hazard

A natural or human process that can cause injury, damage or disruption.

Indemnity insurance

Insurance that pays based on assessed losses after damage to a specific asset.

Contingent loan (or credit) and grants

A pre approved loan or grant released automatically when agreed crisis conditions or triggers are met.

Parametric insurance

Insurance that pays when an agreed indicator reaches a set level, not actual losses.

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.