Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Learning Week 2025

Welcome to the Disaster Risk Finance Learning Week. This page is specially created to publish detailed agenda, materials, information, and updates related to various sessions during the learning week. 

PROGRAM AGENDA

• Download the Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Learning Week 2025 Agenda - Click here

COUNTRY DAY

• Angola
• Kenya
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Senegal
• Morocco
• Bangladesh
• Philippines

KNOWLEDGE DAY

• Sovereign-Level Insurance Solutions: Comparing Parametric and Indemnity Insurance – When What Makes Sense - Click here
• Protecting Jobs, Protecting Livelihoods, Protecting Growth - Click here
• Embedding risk reduction / risk engineering within DRF approaches - Click here

UNIVERSITY DAY

• Climate risks awareness and modelling for the financial sector: the Short-Term scenarios by the Network for Greening the Financial System - Click here
• What Instruments Can My Country Access to Finance Disaster Response? The World Bank's Crisis Preparedness and Response Toolkit - Click here
• Guaranteeing Resilient Investment: How MIGA Guarantees Support Disaster Preparedness - Click here
• The importance of compound risk in the nexus of pandemics, climate change and finance - Click here

• Longevity Risks and Opportunities - Click here

   

PROGRAM HANDOUTS

• IBRD Development Policy Loan with Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) - Click here
• Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) - Click here
• Disaster Risk Transfer (DRT) - Click here
• Investment Project Financing with a Deferred Draw Down Option (IPF-DDO) - Click here
• MIGA Guarantees in Disaster Risk Context - Click here
• The Rapid Response Option (RRO) - Click here
• Climate Resilient Debt Clause (CRDC) - Click here

OTHER HANDOUTS

• Disaster Risk Finance Primer - Link here
• Financial Protection of Public Assets - Link here
• Global Shield Financing Facility Annual Report 2024 - Link here
• Incorporating Gender in DRFI Projects: A Practical Guide - Link here

RESOURCES FROM THE INSURANCE DEVELOPMENT FORUM

• Development Impact of Risk Analytics - Link here
• Risk Modeling Steering Group Strategy 2025 - Link here
• Parametric Insurance to Build Financial Resilience - Link here
• Flood Risk Modeling to Support Risk Transfer: Challenges and opportunities in data-scarce contexts - Link here
• Future-Proofing Crisis Finance: The Role of Insurance in Closing the Crisis Protection Gap - Link here