Innovative Financing For Responses To Refugee Crises
The growing scale, duration and impact of refugee crises requires innovative approaches to financing that are more efficient, more effective, more equitable, and more sustainable. This report – produced after two Innovation Labs which convened experts spanning the finance, insurance, humanitarian, development and policy fields – lays out a vision for new systems of financing to ensure funds are available rapidly and reliably to respond to the changing nature of global refugee crises.
Key Findings
Key Terms Used In This Report
The gap between measured indicators and real losses causing payouts to differ from actual damage.
Actions taken before a crisis hits to prevent or reduce potential disaster impacts prior to a shock or before acute impacts are felt.
Development funding focused mainly on crisis prevention, preparedness and response activities.
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