Resilience
The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management (UNISDR 2016).
This report on Mali provides an in-depth analysis of the country’s social protection and disaster risk financing landscape to inform future programme design.
Read moreCrisis
A situation where severe needs overwhelm local and national capacity to respond effectively.
Prevention
Actions taken to avoid or reduce the impacts of future crises and hazards.
Parametric insurance
Insurance that pays when an agreed indicator reaches a set level, not actual losses.
Preparedness
Skills, systems and resources developed to respond effectively to likely future crises.
International premium support
Premium support is international funding to pay for insurance premiums.
Pre-arranged financing
Financing approved before crises that is released automatically when agreed triggers are met.
