The international humanitarian system is exploring ways to respond differently to meet
needs in the face of the funding gap. The Grand Bargain, for example, is making some …

Better financial preparedness against risk is a central part of a comprehensive approach to
disaster management. Risk financing and risk transfer are approaches to planning for risks …

A more anticipatory, pre‐agreed response is a shared goal of many in the disaster
management and humanitarian communities. This paper considers the emerging policy …

1 INTRODUCTION global mapping of humanitarian and disaster-related financing in the
preceding paper has highlighted the range of flows received by countries experiencing …

Building on the useful recommendations of the Future Humanitarian Financing initiative, this
paper takes the view that ensuring enough quality money for humanitarian crises is not just …

The human and economic toll from disasters can be greatly amplified by the long-term loss
in incomes and health resulting from the inability of communities to restore infrastructure …

Motivation Social assistance, humanitarian relief, and disaster response increasingly
overlap, especially where recurrent crises and persistent conflicts prevail. In such situations …

Executive summary This moment, with so many policy debates converging on 2015,
represents a unique opportunity to ensure that disaster risk reduction (DRR) becomes a truly …

vide aid based on a first-come, first-served basis or an arbitrarily limited basis. None of these
approaches ensures efficient and equitable use of funds nor do they enable aid agencies to …

In this note, the instruments supporting risk retention and risk financing at the national and
regional/international levels will be the sole focus. Risk transfer, including insurance, is a …