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26 September 2018
Scenes from Session 6 of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
26 September 2018
Scenes from Session 6 of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
26 September 2018
Scenes from Session 7 of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
26 September 2018
Scenes from the Closing Session of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
26 September 2018
There is a strong demand for contingent financing in the Pacific. Gaps in quick-disbursing funds, acculumation of indirect costs over time, and rapid prioritzation of needs increase demand for this type of financing. This presentation shares Tonga's experience in the utilization of contingent…
26 September 2018
The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) is a government-owned, not-for-profit, non-bank financial intermediary in Pakistan. It provides grants to subprojects that contribute to enhanced resilience to extreme weather and
geophysical hazards (DRR) and strengthen the government’s ability…
26 September 2018
This presentation shares details about the Philippine City Disaster Insurance Pool (PCDIP), a project which aims to provide seed capital to a pooled insurance company from which cities purchase parametric insurance. It was piloted in ten cities in the Philippines, one of the world's most disaster-…
26 September 2018
Innovation can make disaster risk insurance more responsive and effective. The use of FinTech and artificial intelligence, for instance, has attracted investments in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and has made banks in Spain more efficient, respectively. Innovations such as FinTech enable…
26 September 2018
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Its poor farmers are most vulnerable to calamities yet they are often excluded in risk-sharing mechanisms. Traditional credit mechanisms hardly reach them. This presentation shares how an ADB project increased the resilience of…
25 September 2018
Scenes from Session 4 of the Regional Workshop on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing