Publications

This report examines how governments across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal can better plan and budget for disasters before they strike,

This is the third year that the Centre for Disaster Protection has published its flagship report, and this year it goes further than ever before.

This technical brief, authored by CERDI and supported by the Centre for Disaster Protection, provides an in-depth analysis of flood risk in Chad.

A Year in Review 2024–25 shows how the Centre for Disaster Protection is turning ideas into impact.

This report on Chad provides an in-depth analysis of the country’s social protection and disaster risk financing landscape to inform future programme design.

This policy brief examines the first real-world use of debt pause clauses - contractual mechanisms that allow sovereign borrowers to temporarily defer debt payments in the wake of a disaster.

This guidance note has been developed to help the increasing number of countries and organisations that are considering or using pre-arranged financing instruments.

This report outlines ten strategic recommendations for closing the crisis protection gap, providing an ambitious roadmap for the next decade.

The report contributes to a broader study to consider the opportunities, potential risks, and benefits of channelling disaster risk financing instruments through national social protection systems.

The report contributes to a broader study to consider the opportunities, potential risks, and benefits of channelling disaster risk financing instruments through national social protection systems.

The report contributes to a broader study to consider the opportunities, potential risks, and benefits of channelling disaster risk financing instruments through national social protection systems.

The study puts forward six lessons and 12 recommendations for donors interested in supporting this agenda.

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.

This working paper presents a framework that compares contingent loans, grants from multilateral development banks, catastrophe bonds, and insurance provided through regional risk pools.

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

Analysing the level of effort of international development donors to support a shift towards arranging financing for disasters, before shocks happen.

This insight paper aims to support policymakers and practitioners as they seek to scale up financial protection against climate-related shocks through sovereign insurance solutions.

A Year in Review is the Centre’s first published annual report. It details our progress and the challenges we’ve encountered, and showcases our impact.

This working paper asks what is required for social protection systems to deliver timely, predictable, well-targeted and cost-effective shock response to disasters.

This Disaster Risk Diagnostic supports The Gambia’s efforts to strengthen disaster risk financing and recommends ways to build a clearer risk profile.

This is the first in a series of diagnostic reports aimed at informing the design and programming of the Centre’s support to the SASPP.

This data-led report assesses the state of pre-arranged financing supported with international development financing in low-and middle-income countries.

This report synthesises research exploring the feasibility of producing quantitative estimates of the costs of crisis protection across a variety of geographies and crisis types.

This report captures and builds on learning from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) anticipatory action pilot in Nepal.

This report captures and builds on learning from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) anticipatory action pilot in Bangladesh.

This paper outlines key trends of financial flows toward outbreak response and identifies relevant emerging initiatives.

This guidance note is intended as a common framework to support practical approaches to meaningful accountability across the sector.

This insight paper aims to improve the reader’s understanding of two initiatives aiming to address aspects of climate challenge.

This guidance note provides an overview of the Centre for Disaster Protection’s quality assurance service—a free-to-use and impartial service.

This insight paper provides an overview of the key features of debt pause clauses, also known as climate resilient debt clauses.

This brief forms part of a cross-country study on the opportunity cost of reallocating budgets in response to disasters.

This brief forms part of a cross-country study on the opportunity cost of reallocating budgets in response to disasters.

This cross-country synthesis study calculates what the opportunity cost of budget reallocations was during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This guidance document offers practical steps on how to capture lessons from DRF initiatives.

This paper explores how DRF instruments are being framed and understood within the panorama of Loss and Damage policy and finance agendas, highlighting areas of contention and sensitivity.

This report offers lessons on the process of developing the trigger for the Malawi AA Framework and captures lessons on how AA pilots are being designed and implemented in real time.

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.

Alongside the Airbel Research and Innovation Lab we provide key lessons for how effective crisis response can be financed and triggered

This study analysed international financial flows to nine countries for the 18 months after recent crises to understand funding timelines and other features.

We explore the key issues in developing a methodology for calculating pre-arranged funding.

This brief reviews the evidence on the welfare impacts of proactive approaches to setting up finance for disaster response.

This paper examines the evidence on how to prepare better for disasters.

In the face of increasing climate volatility and stretched aid budgets, more effective ways to support households in times of crisis are needed.

This research has highlighted the flaws in the current system which is not always able to support response where need is greatest.

This working paper presents a framework for understanding accountability as well as an overview of implementation.

It is well known that in the event of a disaster, the speed of response is key, this report examines the options that may be available.

This discussion paper examines the unequal impacts of the pandemic across different groups.

This guidance note sets out some questions to help ensure that DRF is most directed to those who are least able to withstand shocks.

Practical guidance on contingency planning a before a disaster strikes to support a faster, more coordinated, and ultimately, more effective response.

This guidance note sets out practical ways to ensure quality, independent scrutiny and improved learning in your DRF initiatives.

This guidance note gives practical advice on consulting and involving communities in decision-making that impacts their lives.

This publication explains the importance of thinking strategically and sets out four principles for taking a strategic approach, with practical advice and resources.

This paper summarises the different shocks created by the global Covid-19 crisis.

This paper aims to identify available data and methodologies, explore whether these could support a global database to track disaster-related financial flows.

A landmark new report from the Centre for Disaster Protection.

This insight paper examines the challenge of handling basis risk in disaster risk financing systems.

This policy brief draws on the findings of five Discussion Papers in the Centre’s IDA19 Series.

The growing scale, duration and impact of refugee crises requires innovative approaches to financing.

This report lays out a vision for new systems of financing to respond to the changing nature of global refugee crises.

This paper outlines the current state of anticipatory action and discusses some of the existing evidence on its impact.

This paper examines the role insurance can play as part of a wider strategy to help societies adapt to climate change and recover from disasters.

This synthesis report examines the role that insurance can play in supporting sustainable development and growth

This paper and accompanying policy brief detail how the CRW has been used to date, and identifies a number of concrete ways of improving its performance.

This paper argues that civil society organisations play a vital role in ensuring that crisis financing approaches are designed and delivered effectively.

Lessons for IDA from the UK Government’s approach to explicit contingent liabilities.

This paper charts the evolution of the World Bank’s approach to crisis risk financing.

This paper proposes an innovative approach to financing contingent liabilities using IDA.

This paper sets out detailed and practical proposals for how the G7 could better protect vulnerable communities by better predicting and preparing for disasters.