DRFF in the News

Within the next decade, an estimated 400 million of the world's extreme poor are expected to be living in fragile countries — and 75% of people facing acute food insecurity already are. As of 2025, 22 of the 30 countries most exposed to climate change were classified as fragile and conflict-affected by the World Bank; on the ND-GAIN index, 17 of the 25 most climate-vulnerable countries are FCS. In this context, inclusive finance has to do more than expand access to credit; it must also help...

In June 2026, Senegal’s Ministère de l’ Economie, des Finances et du Plan (MEFP), convened a workshop at the WBG office in Dakar to validate the Implementation Plan (Plan de Mise en Œuvre, PMO) for its National Strategy for Financing Climate and Disaster Risks (Stratégie nationale de Financement des Risques climatiques et de Catastrophes, SNFRC) 2026–2030 . The workshop brought together the national institutions engaged in climate and disaster risk financing, alongside technical and financial...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Horn of Africa has the largest concentration of livestock keepers in the world, as many as 7 million of them in Kenya. World Bank funding is fostering private sector opportunities that make pastoralism and livestock keeping a safer and more viable investment. Kenya’s thriving farming sectors could help university graduate and school leavers generate income, lowering the youth unemployment rate (currently 16%). At 37, Sauli Bahati doesn’t project the image of a typical farm...