Analysis to Action: An Executive Education Program on Disaster Risk Finance in Asia

 

Program Overview

Analysis to Action: An Executive Education Program on Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) in Asia is an invitation-only program jointly developed and delivered by the World Bank’s Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP), Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF), and National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS-LKYSPP). The program is designed for officials from Ministries of Finance who are working to improve their countries' financial resilience to disaster shocks. This includes, amongst others, sovereign risk managers, debt managers, fiscal planners, budget officials and officials in charge of disaster risk financing and insurance.  

 

Program Objectives

  • Enhance understanding of Disaster Risk Financing, DRF, strategies and instruments for protection from natural disasters, embedded in the broader fiscal and risk management frameworks.
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices on Risk Financing solutions relevant for ASEAN+3 countries.
  • Build the skill set to design and implement DRF strategies. 
  • Understand how to implement policy decisions to operationalize DRF across various sectors.

 

Program Video

Check out the Program Video here.

 

Post-program Materials 

Agenda | Photo Gallery | Workbook 

 

Presentations 

Please find the presentations and related documents of the program

  Day 1:

  Setting the Context. What are we Managing?

  

 

  Day 2: 

  Public Finance Planning and Policy Instruments 

  

 

  Day 3:

  Planning and Communicating Risks

  

 

  Day 4:

  Managing Disaster Risk and Beyond through Data

  

 

  Day 5:

  Managing Stakeholders in DRF

  

 

    

*For case studies please write to us at drfip@worldbankgroup.org