DRFF in the News
Mar 30
2021
On March 23, Olivier Mahul (Practice Manager, Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance, World Bank Group) was invited as a guest speaker at the OECD online event – Addressing the Protection Gap for Pandemic Risk . During the session, Olivier highlighted the World Bank Group’s plan to support a green, resilient, and inclusive economic recovery in the face of the compounding shocks that have caused an unprecedented financial toll on developing economies. To recap the session, click here to watch the... Keep reading
Mar 18
2021
On March 10, the Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance (CDRF) team hosted a webinar on the added value of satellite soil moisture for drought risk financing and parametric insurance. The webinar was the second of the series – Earth Observation for Improved Financial Resilience . This event focused on the findings of the SMART DRI project, supported by Vienna University of Technology’s Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation. Main research results highlighted that satellite soil moisture is a very... Keep reading
Mar 17
2021
On March 11, 2021, the World Bank Group’s Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance (CDRF) team held a webinar launch of new a report on the Financial Protection of Critical Infrastructure Services. Written by the CDRF team in partnership with APEC, the report " Financial Protection of Critical Infrastructure Services " presents a preliminary operational framework to strengthen the financial resilience of infrastructure services. The launch presented the study’s key findings and brought together... Keep reading