Risk retention
When governments retain and finance disaster costs themselves.
This report offers an in-depth assessment of pre-arranged financing tools using seven key criteria for ensuring pre-arranged financing reduces the human and financial costs of disasters
Read morePreparedness
Skills, systems and resources developed to respond effectively to likely future crises.
Parametric insurance
Insurance that pays when an agreed indicator reaches a set level, not actual losses.
Prevention
Actions taken to avoid or reduce the impacts of future crises and hazards.
Crisis risk
The likelihood of harm or loss from crises shaped by hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity.
Shock-responsive social protection
Social protection systems adapted to scale quickly when large shocks affect many people.
Pre-arranged financing
Financing approved before crises that is released automatically when agreed triggers are met.
