DRFF in the News
Apr 02
2019
March 12, 2019 Two students from The University of the South Pacific (USP) are the first in the world to complete a new World Bank Group online training ‘Disaster Risk Finance in the Pacific’. Mr. Alick Suimae of the Solomon Islands and Ms. Milika Kuruvakadua of Fiji completed the training in October 2018, and were officially recognised by the World Bank Group as the inaugural graduates in a presentation at USP last week. Ms. Kuruvakadua , who is undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance... Keep reading
Mar 26
2019
Barry Maher (Senior Financial Sector Specialist in Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance, FCI), moderated a panel on Financing Climate Resilience at the Africa Climate Resilience Investment Summit, which took place in Johannesburg from March 5-7. Key takeaways as follows from the panel discussions: 1) Financing climate resilience is a new and emerging area. MDBs are grappling on how to fully integrate targets and resilience investments into their strategies, lending and monitoring platforms; 2)... Keep reading
Feb 12
2019
On January 16, the DRFIP team led by Olivier Mahul, Practice Manager, Climate and Risk Management, presented at the session on financial resilience against natural disasters at the G20 Seminar on Innovation for Inclusive Development, which was co-organized by the Bank and JMoF. The session was chaired by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Vice President, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, World Bank. The purpose of the session was to: 1) Discuss the importance of strengthening financial resilience... Keep reading