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Total crisis financing

Development funding focused mainly on crisis prevention, preparedness and response activities.

Risk layering

Using different financial instruments for different disaster frequencies.

Risk retention

When governments retain and finance disaster costs themselves.

Financial Flows

Financial flows refer to the movement of funds for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and response, covering planned and unplanned sources.

Social protection

Policies and programmes designed to reduce and prevent poverty and vulnerability throughout the life cycle.

International premium support

Premium support is international funding to pay for insurance premiums.