Result AReA 5
Africa Disaster Risk Financing Initiative
Activity Report
2016 –2017
Building Disaster Resilience
in Sub-Saharan Africa Program
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this activity report summarizes
activities of Result Area 5, also known
as the Africa Disaster Risk Financing
(ADRF) Initiative—referred to as the
“ADRF Initiative,” the “Initiative” or
“R5”—from July 1, 2016 to June 30,
2017. the report gives an overview of
the achievements to date and identifies
upcoming priorities and challenges.
the ADRF Initiative was officially
launched on November 17, 2015 in
Addis Ababa during the Understanding
Risk and Finance (URF) conference1.
It aims to support African countries
in developing national risk financing
tools and strategies that have the
potential to significantly reduce
disaster losses, speed recovery, and
build resilience to natural hazards. so
far, the ADRF Initiative has yielded
results in supporting governments by
strengthening their capacity to design
and implement risk financing policies,
instruments, and strategies at regional,
national and local levels.
1 The URF was financed by the ADRF Initiative and organized in Addis Ababa on November 17-20, 2015.
For more information, see the links to:
The URF page: finance-conference/
The conference materials:
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Acronyms
AnD AbbreviAtions
ACP
ADRF
AfDB
ARC
AuC
Cat-DDO
DPl
DFID
DRFIP
DRM
DRR
eCCAs
eCOWAs
eDF
eu
GFDRR
GoK
GoM
HFA
IDA
IGAD
IOC
IRM
M&e
MAsDAP
MoFeC
NDRMC
NeCOC
NGOs
NusAF3
OpenDRI
PADRe
PoA
PsC
PsNP
RAsOR
ReCs
sADC
sDA
sDl
sFDRR
sIDA
sWIO RAFI
tC
uK
uNIsDR
uRF
WB
WFP
Africa, Caribbean and Pacific
Africa Disaster Risk Financing
African Development Bank
African Risk Capacity
African union Commission
Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option
Development Policy loan
Department for International Development
Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program
Disaster Risk Management
Disaster Risk Reduction
economic Community of Central African states
economic Community of West African states
european Development Fund
european union
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Government of Kenya
Government of Mozambique
Hyogo Framework of Action
International Development Association (of the World Bank Group)
Intergovernmental Authority for Development
Indian Ocean Commission
Immediate Response Mechanism
Monitoring and evaluation
Malawi spatial Data Platform
ethiopia Ministry of Finance and economy
ethiopia National Disaster Risk Management Commission
uganda National emergency Coordination and Operations Center
Non-Governmental Organizations
Northern uganda social Action Fund Phase 3
Open Data for Resilience Initiative
Platform for Assessment of Disaster Risk and environment
Programme of Action
Program steering Committee
ethiopia Productive safety Net Program
Rapid Analysis and spatialisation of Risk Analysis
Regional economic Communities
southern African Development Community
Kenya state Department of Agriculture
Kenya state Department of livestock
sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
southwest Indian Ocean Islands Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative
tropical Cyclone
united Kingdom
united Nations International strategy for Disaster Reduction
understanding Risk and Finance Conference
World Bank
World Food Programme
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1. Introduction
. Component A: Creating the enabling data environment for risk financing
. Component B: supporting countries in developing risk financing strategies
table 1: summary of priority areas
of support currently requested by
countries
Box 1: Cyclone and flood risk analyses
in Mozambique and Cabo Verde
Box 2: Focus on the development of
disaster risk financing strategies in
Mozambique
. Component C: Facilitating regional risk financing and knowledge sharing initiatives
Box 3: Focus on the south-West
Indian Ocean Risk Assessment and
Financing Initiative (sWIO RAFI)
Annex: Communication and Visibility Outputs
5. Governance
Annex
Boxes
Table
2. About the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Initiative
3. Highlights
4. Overview of activities
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sub-saharan African countries face frequent natural disasters that hamper
the development of the region. the effects of these disasters are felt across
many sectors of the economy and all facets of society. Natural disasters tend
to disproportionally affect low income households, which are most vulnerable.
Investing in disaster risk reduction is therefore critical to avoid setting back gains
toward development and poverty reduction. the development of risk financing
solutions must be accompanied with long term investment in building governments’
capacity to respond to disaster shocks.
As a new policy area in sub-saharan African countries, disaster risk financing has
the potential to contribute to ensuring sustainable and resilient development for
the region. As part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-european union
(eu) Program Building Disaster Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa, the ADRF Initiative
has the objective of strengthening African governments’ capacity to design and
implement risk financing policies, instruments, and strategies at regional, national,
and local levels.
In order to reach this objective, the ADRF Initiative has taken a phased approach by
first identifying needs and priorities and then accelerating technical assistance to
build a strong and coherent commitment to this agenda together with governments
and other relevant stakeholders. the ADRF Initiative technical assistance is driven
by demand from governments. Demand-driven activities have been undertaken so
far in 13 sub-saharan African countries.
the Initiative has provided technical assistance to help governments develop
disaster risk financing tools and instruments to face the adverse impact of recurrent
disaster events. engagement included activities to support creating an enabling
data environment for risk financing, supporting the development of risk financing
solutions at the country level, and facilitating risk financing and knowledge sharing
initiatives.
this has included reviewing budget instruments and expenditure frameworks,
exploring the potential to establish contingency funds and loans/grants, assessing
use of sovereign-level insurance contracts, and strengthening the ability of social
protection systems to scale up in the event of a shock.
1. introDUction
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the eu and ACP Group of states established the Intra-ACP cooperation Program
Building Disaster Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa,2 financed under the 10th
european Development Fund (eDF), which has the overall objective of strengthening
the resilience of sub-saharan African regions, countries and communities to the
impacts of natural disasters. these include the potential impacts of climate change
to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development.
to achieve this objective, five Result Areas were identified, to be implemented by
several partners, including the African Development Bank (AfDB), African union
Commission (AuC), the united Nations International strategy for Disaster Reduction
(uNIsDR) and the World Bank-managed Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and
Recovery (GFDRR). these are:
R1: extended Program of Action for the implementation of the Africa regional
strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Implemented by the AuC and the uNIsDR.
R2: African Regional economic Communities (ReCs)3 have DRR coordination,
planning and policy advisory capacities operational to support their respective
member states and regional and sub-regional programs. Implemented by GFDRR.
R3: Core capacities of the specialized national and regional climate centers are
improved to meet the needs of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) agencies and
socio-economic sectors for effective use of weather and climate services and
community-focused and real-time early warning systems. Implemented by the
AfDB.
R4: African countries have improved knowledge of risks through, the compilation of
historical disaster related data to inform the assessment and modelling of future
risks. Implemented by the uNIsDR.
R5: Multi-risk financing strategies are developed at regional, national and
local levels to help African countries make informed decisions and to mitigate
the socio-economic, fiscal and financial impacts of disasters. Implemented by
GFDRR.
GFDRR is responsible for the implementation of R2 and R5. this report specifically
focuses on R5 achievements.
2. AboUt the AfricA DisAster
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2 More information on the Building Disaster Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa Program can be found at:
3 Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),
Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) and Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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result Area 5: the Africa Disaster risk financing
initiative
the overall objectives of the ADRF Initiative are to
support the development of multi-risk financing strategies
at regional, national and local levels to help African
countries make informed decisions; improve financial
response capacity post-disaster; and mitigate the socio-
economic, fiscal and financial impacts of disasters in
African countries.
the initiative expects to catalyze the uptake of innovative
risk identification, assessment and financing tools within
the development policy frameworks and agenda of
several middle and low-income African countries.
To achieve these objectives, the ADRF Initiative has three
operational components:
Creating the enabling data environment for
risk financing
supporting countries in developing risk
financing strategies
Facilitating regional risk financing and knowledge
sharing initiatives
The expected results of the ADRF Initiative are:
strengthening capacities to generate, access and use
information on disaster risk to conduct risk assessments
that support development of DRM strategies, such
4 See
5 This includes SFDRR’s predecessor at the time of launch, the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) 2005-15.
6 The Africa Regional Platform is a biennial forum that brings together African Member States, intergovernmental
organizations and development partners to review progress in the implementation of the continental and global
disaster risk reduction frameworks. See
as financial protection and risk reduction investment
programs
strengthening capacities to incorporate disaster and
climate risk information in decision making
Developing strategies to increase financial resilience
against natural hazards, and
Facilitating knowledge sharing and best practices on
risk financing solutions relevant for African countries
Activities under the ADRF Initiative support and align with
the strategic approach articulated by AuC’s Program of
Action (PoA),4 and the sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction (sFDRR) 2015– the PoA was presented
and adopted during the 6th session of the Africa Regional
Platform6 hosted by the government of Mauritius on
November 22–25, 2016.
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multi-hazard risk assessments have been completed for five countries
(ethiopia, kenya, niger, senegal and Uganda) and national level disaster
risk profiles are under development. Ongoing dialogue and technical assistance in
these countries has followed a demand-driven approach. Additional multi-hazard risk
assessments are being developed for four countries (cabo verde, mozambique,
malawi and mali). Multi-hazard risk assessments are designed to visualize technical
information in an understandable way, and link the results to background information on
disaster risk in each of the countries.
A flood risk modelling report for northern and central malawi was published in
september 2016. these was preceded by a workshop held in Malawi in July 2016 where
the results from the report were presented to technical experts from the Department of
Disaster Management Affairs, surveys, Water and Hydromet.
Findings from cyclone and flood risk analyses for mozambique and cabo verde
were presented to the President of the Republic of Mozambique and a delegation of line
ministers during a workshop in May 2017.
engagement to develop disaster risk financing policies, instruments, and strategies has
gained momentum. Activities have been undertaken in thirteen countries: cabo verde,
ethiopia, kenya, lesotho, madagascar, mali, mauritania, mozambique, niger,
senegal, south Africa, swaziland, and Uganda.
the ADRF Initiative has continued to support the inclusion of financial risk management
components in shock-responsive social protection systems in nine countries (ethiopia,
kenya, lesotho, malawi, mali, mauritania, niger, Uganda and swaziland).
In the framework of the south-West indian ocean risk Assessment and financing
initiative (sWio rAfi), the ADRF Initiative co-financed the publication of five Disaster
Risk Profiles for comoros, madagascar, mauritius, seychelles and Zanzibar. these
profiles were presented and discussed with governments during the 7 th Regional
Platform meeting of the IslANDs Programme for Financial Protection held in Mauritius
in January 2017.
In the sahel region, the ADRF Initiative has supported hazard-specific information
systems to inform risk assessments, early warning systems for health and natural
hazards, adaptive social protection programs, and disaster risk financing.
3. highlights
A flooded hotel resort at
Lake Baringo, Kenya.
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creating the enabling data environment for risk financing
the first component of the ADRF Initiative focuses on creating an enabling data environment for risk financing. to achieve this,
specific activities have continued in selected sub-saharan African countries. Activities have continued to build the understanding
and awareness of disaster and climate risks in sub-saharan Africa, providing a fundamental input to developing disaster risk
financing strategy, approaches, and tools for financing risks.
such activities included:
multi–hazard risk assessments were completed and draft national level disaster risk profiles developed for five
countries (ethiopia, kenya, niger, senegal and Uganda).8 these are designed to visualize technical information in an
understandable way and link the modelled risk assessment results to background information on disaster risk in each country.
the draft disaster risk profiles are being piloted with the WB’s operational country teams to gather feedback and further inputs
to foresee presentations and discussions with national governments and potential public distribution. In niger, the disaster
risk profile was discussed with the government during a workshop held at the Cabinet of the Prime Minister in March 2017. It
was agreed to review some of the loss figures in relation with flooding and drought, which will be adapted to the wealth and
Gross Domestic Product of the country. the data collected for the preliminary Niger disaster risk profile has been published on
the national geospatial A review and further validation of the results is ongoing.
Multi-hazard risk assessments are being developed for four additional countries (cabo verde, mozambique, malawi and
mali). While the analyses have been completed for a number of hazards, additional work is currently being finalized and
reviewed for some remaining hazards. Visualizations of the risk data for these countries is being developed on a demand basis
to support the ongoing country dialogues and needs as well as possible.
the ADRF team has started developing a document that outlines the methodology and approach used in the assessment of the
different hazards, and the results for the nine countries.
From July 2016 to June 2017, the team focused on building upon
activities conducted since the start of the ADRF initiative7 as well
as accelerating and deepening engagement in sub-saharan African
countries to develop disaster risk financing policies, instruments and
strategies. Activities and areas of engagement for each component are
outlined below. In parallel to the implementation of these activities,
coordination with the Program’s partners, including the eu, has also
continued, mainly through the eu Delegation to the African union in
Addis Ababa.
7 For more information, please see the previous ADRF Initiative Activity Report for the period of August 2014 to
June 2016 in English ( and French (
8 The Risk Profile data is available on PADRE platform:
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4. overvieW of Activities
A queue of trucks due to a river flood in
Ethiopia
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10 and Shocks in Uganda
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12 The PDF of the infographic for Uganda is accessible at:
to-shocks-
The PDF of the infographic for Malawi is accessible at:
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13 The report captures all the information and findings presented at the workshop and can be accessed at:
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As outlined in the first Activity Report, two analytical studies on the impact of
disasters on poverty were financed by the ADRF Initiative: Welfare, Income Growth
and Shocks in Uganda10 and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Based on these
poverty studies, the ADRF team produced a series of infographic posters and booklets
to highlight the results for non-specialists 12 (see Annex). the final products for uganda
were presented and discussed during the WB’s end Poverty Day in Washington .
in October 2016. the workshop focused on exploring the drivers of uganda’s poverty
reduction, its vulnerabilities, and proposed recommendations for action. the products
for Malawi were also presented in Washington . October 2016 during another event
entitled No Shelter from the Storm? Household-Level Impacts of and Responses to the
2015 Floods in Malawi, organized with the WB Poverty Global Practice.
In september 2016, the ADRF team finalized and published a report on flood risk
modelling for northern and central malawi,13 which was delivered by the Rapid
Analysis and spatialisation of Risk Analysis (RAsOR) consortium (see Annex). this activity
was carried out upon the request of the government of Malawi for flood risk information
in the north and central parts of the country following the 2015 floods, when it became
evident in the post-disaster response phase that there was not enough adequate flood
hazard information for these parts of the country. Flood hazard maps were produced by
a consortium of three partners from the RAsOR project. A delivery workshop was also
held in Malawi in July 2016 to present the results of the project to technical experts
from the Department of Disaster Management Affairs, surveys, Water and Hydromet.
All the geographical layers were published on the RAsOR GeoNode14 and on the Malawi
spatial Data Platform (MAsDAP)
and Shocks in Uganda
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Box 1: Cyclone and flood risk
analyses in Mozambique
efforts to create an enabling data environment for risk financing have continued;
cyclone and flood risk analyses have been undertaken in mozambique.
these analyses were conducted by the Deltares Institute, an independent institute
for applied research in the field of water and subsurface. In May 2017, . Mr.
Filipe Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, attended an event on water
risk management hosted by Deltares in Delft, Netherlands with a delegation of line
ministers. During the event, Deltares presented the outcomes of the Mozambique
cyclone and flood risk analysis. the workshop included the presentation of a touch
table application allowing the government of Mozambique to interact with the
results of the analyses.
the presented tool can be accessed at the following link (using Google Chrome
browser):
the link to the Deltares Institute website is at
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supporting countries in developing risk financing strategies
the second component of the ADRF Initiative focuses on supporting countries in
developing multi-risk financing strategies and financial decision-making tools to
enhance their post-disaster response capacity, from resource mobilization ex-ante to
resource execution post-disaster, using a three-phased approach detailed below:
Phase 1: Identifying country needs and priorities.
Phase 2: Formulating these priorities into strategies for action by building elements
of disaster risk financing strategies. this can include a review of existing budget
instruments and expenditure frameworks, assessing current response tools and
funding sources, exploring the potential to establish contingency funds and use
contingent loans/grants, assessing use of sovereign-level insurance contracts, and
strengthening delivery mechanisms, such as through social protection systems, for
cash transfers funded by contingency funds or insurance solutions.
Phase 3: Designing and implementing disaster risk financing policies, instruments
and strategies.
Between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, the work built on the previous two years of
implementation of the ADRF Initiative and focused on Phases 1 and 2. engagement
has been undertaken in thirteen countries: cabo verde, ethiopia, kenya, lesotho,
madagascar, mali, mauritania, mozambique, niger, senegal, south Africa,
swaziland, and Uganda. Depending on country demands, engagements have
focused on:
Development of contingency funds and/or contingent loans/grants
exploration of sovereign level insurance solutions
Financial risk management approaches to help build shock-responsive social protection
systems
Financial risk management approaches to help build agriculture insurance markets
Assistance mapping existing response mechanisms and costs (across government,
humanitarian, and development actors)
Design of Ministry of Finance-led disaster risk financing strategies or instruments
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Morning fog on the African river, Sangha
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technical assistance has accelerated in countries that
have demonstrated a strong commitment to developing
disaster risk financing strategies (primarily kenya,
mozambique, ethiopia, and Uganda). the WB’s ability
to engage in dialogue with International Development
Agency (IDA) countries about the Development Policy
loan (DPl)16 with Catastrophe Deferred Draw-Down
Option (Cat-DDO),17 which is available under IDA 18,
has presented an opportunity to establish a stronger
operational foundation for work on disaster risk financing
in the region. Currently, Cat-DDOs are being prepared in
kenya and cabo verde. In mozambique, an innovative
IDA lending operation is being prepared which combines
a conventional DPl that disburses upon effectiveness
of the loan, and a DPl with a Cat-DDO (see Box 2).
Countries which may be added to the pipeline for Cat-
DDO operations include malawi, ethiopia, Uganda,
and madagascar.
this new instrument for IDA countries achieves a
major objective of the ADRF Initiative. By providing an
opportunity for governments to structure contingent
loans which can be drawn down upon declaration of
an emergency, it fills an important gap in the menu
of disaster risk financing instruments available for
16 A Development Policy Loan provides budget support to governments or a political subdivision for a program of
policy and institutional actions to help achieve sustainable, shared growth and poverty The Risk Profile data is
available on PADRE platform:
17 A Cat-DDO is a contingent credit line that provides immediate liquidity to countries in the aftermath of a natural
disaster:
African countries. Additionally, since the instrument is
a development policy loan, it provides the foundation
for policy dialogue and institutional change which is
necessary to conceive and design country-driven disaster
risk financing strategies. Disaster risk financing has been
recognized as an important pillar of all the Cat-DDO
operations under preparation in Africa, thereby giving
the ADRF Initiative an opportunity to leverage additional
financial resources (in this case, IDA 18 resources), which
is also an objective of the Initiative.
In response to country demand, the ADRF Initiative has
also continued to develop financial risk management
approaches for shock-responsive social protection
systems. As shown by the strong interest by countries in
the region (through phase 1), these types of engagements
are being developed in nine countries (ethiopia, kenya,
lesotho, malawi, mali, mauritania, niger, Uganda
and swaziland).
the current level of demand and country needs and
priorities is summarized in table 1 and elaborated
subsequently.
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table 1. summary of priority areas of support currently
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Key activities are summarized below for each country where engagement
has been undertaken.
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Active projects Projects in development Potential projects
Overview of technical
assistance activities
Cabo Verde I Mauritania I Mali I Niger
Finalizing diagnostics on current
state of disaster risk financing
Malawi I swaziland I lesotho
Finalizing a diagnostics on current
state of risk financing for social
protection
ethiopia
Delivered technical analysis of costs
of drought response
supporting ongoing policy dialogue
on risk financing solutions for social
protection
uganda
Developing a risk financing
component of the national social
protection system
Mozambique
Analyzing options for disaster
management fund and finalizing a
diagnostic on economic and fiscal
impact of disasters
south Africa
Delivered diagnostic on fiscal costs
of public-private sector approach to
agriculture insurance
exploring technical assistance to
land Bank on climate risk impact on
credit risk assessment and agriculture
insurance
Madagascar
Discussing with government a plan for
technical assistance
Kenya
Preparing a risk financing strategy
lesotho
Delivered diagnostic of food subsidy
used as disaster response mechanism
in 2016
Zambia
Received request for technical
assistance on contingency fund and
risk fiancing strategy
senegal
Delivered initial
diagnostic and risk profile
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kenya
the ADRF team supported the government of Kenya (GoK) in developing
a disaster risk financing strategy with the preparation of a DPl with a
Cat-DDO. this new instrument aims to strengthen the institutional framework
for DRM in Kenya and to provide the GoK with access to contingent financing in
the case of a shock. the preparation of this operation has involved discussing
prior actions to support the strengthening of Kenya’s institutional, technical,
and financial capacity to manage the impact of natural hazards, and improving
the country’s fiscal resilience. the GoK has recognized potential policy reforms
that could be included in this operation, namely:
l egal and institutional frameworks to manage climate and disaster risk
integrating DRR into sectoral investment planning, which includes the
formulation of a Medium term Plan 2018-2022, National Policies for urban
development and irrigation as well as a Water Act
strengthening national financial capacity to respond to disaster shocks
through the development and adoption by National treasury of a national
strategy for financial protection against disasters.
Kenya has a particularly well-developed portfolio of existing instruments and
programs, and the National treasury has initiated the process to draft and
design a strategy that can help improve transparency, communication, and
decision-making about the different instruments and programs which contribute
to finance disaster response.
As part of the ongoing preparation of the Cat-DDO, the ADRF team organized
a knowledge exchange between the GoK (twelve Ministry officials,
including four from the Ministry of Finance) and the government of Colombia
in April
18 This activity was also co-financed by other GFDRR financial sources.
View on Nairobi’s central business
district, Kenya
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this exchange was designed to leverage the extensive
experience of Colombia to familiarize the GoK with the
implementation of DRM programs according to international best
practice, and to enhance understanding of risk financing
options. the knowledge exchange focused on four areas:
building institutional and legal frameworks to promote
effective DRM;
mainstreaming DRM into development planning at the
territorial and sectoral levels;
construction, reconstruction and economic and social
recovery (based on lessons learned from the floods that
affected Colombia in 2010-11); and
developing a comprehensive, layered approach to disaster
risk financing. A final report summarizes main topics
covered, learning outcomes about the evolution of these
issues in Colombia, and reflections from participants on
how this will translate into concrete actions to strengthen
DRM in Kenya.
Additionally, activities included finalizing technical assistance
for the development of a public-private sector approach
to establish a crop and livestock insurance program
by the GoK, an activity that was financed largely by the
Agriculture Insurance Development Program, funded by the
united states Agency for International Development and the
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with co-financing
from the ADRF Initiative. this program assisted the state
Department of livestock (sDl) and the state Department of
Agriculture (sDA) to develop a crop and livestock insurance
program, which going forward will be managed by the
government and other partners.
Finally, the ADRF Initiative supported a program on Disaster
risk financing for resilient livelihoods, established
and financed by the swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (sIDA), to update a tool (developed in
2015) that is used by the National Drought Management
Agency in Kenya to estimate the costs of scaling up the
Hunger safety Net Program when drought events of varying
magnitude affect the program’s beneficiaries. the updates
to the tool incorporate expansion of all nine arid counties
in Kenya, additional years of drought data and improve the
user friendliness of the costing and functionalities related
to scenario analysis. learning from the Kenyan experience
with this tool will be important for other countries looking at
similar challenges.
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19 For more information on the Humanitarian Requirements Document:
ethiopia
the ADRF Initiative has continued to support ethiopia’s
Productive safety net Program (PsNP), building on
technical work and policy dialogue which has been taking place
for the two previous years. Following a formal request from
the Ministry of Finance and economy (MoFeC) in July 2016,
the ADRF team and the . Department for International
Development (DFID) have been supporting the government
of ethiopia in exploring risk financing solutions to scale
up and complement the PsnP. As a starting point, MoFeC
requested that the teams work with the National Disaster
Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) to produce a joint
statistical analysis of historical needs and expenditures as
recorded under the Humanitarian Requirements Document
this analysis identifies sources of funding for
past humanitarian response and includes a forward-looking
analysis using statistical simulation techniques, taking into
account historical changes in population and vulnerability. In
March 2017, the findings of the analysis of costs of drought
response were delivered, along with an excel-based model
developed by the united Kingdom Government Actuaries
Department (with financial support from DFID) that can be
used to assess opportunity costs of different combinations of
risk financing instruments.
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MoFeC also expressed interest in looking at how an existing
economic model (Hill and Porter 2014), with actual crop
loss data for the past ten years, could be used in early
prediction of drought-related humanitarian assistance
needs. Assistance with capacity building to help improve
understanding of the costs of different combinations of risk
financing instruments was also requested. A policy note was
developed and is currently being used by the government as
it takes forward internal dialogue about possible next steps
that could be taken to strengthen the existing risk financing
strategy.
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mozambique
the ADRF Initiative has made significant progress with the government of
mozambique (GoM) to strengthen its disaster risk financing framework
(see Box 2). the ADRF Initiative will continue to support the GoM in developing a
comprehensive disaster risk financing strategy, which will help anchor progress
achieved to date and provide a policy framework for further improvements.
Uganda
With the ADRF Initiative’s support, the government of Uganda is developing
a disaster risk financing mechanism that will become part of the Northern
uganda social Action Fund Phase 3 (NusAF3) project, which is financed by IDA.
this project includes a “shock-responsive” or “scalable” component of the existing
ugandan national program. together with sIDA, the ADRF Initiative is co-financing
the program Disaster Risk Financing for Resilient livelihoods, which complements
NusAF3. this has involved the development of two key functions:
the capacity to store and analyze data to understand when a disaster or shock
has occurred to households; and
the definition of a triggering mechanism. the project team worked with key
national and local institutions to develop these functions, including the uganda
National emergency Coordination and Operations Center (NeCOC) in developing
the data collection and analysis capacity of the National Council within the
Directorate of Relief, Disaster Preparedness, and Management (within the Office
of the Prime Minister) in developing the decision-making mechanism.
Additionally, the ADRF is supporting extensive capacity building activities to ensure
the sustainability of the scalability system, including:
organizational capacity building and the development of a collaboration
mechanism between government and other stakeholders (for example World Food
Program); and
training for NeCOC and Directorate of Relief, Disaster Preparedness, and
Management officials on a diversity of topics related to the risk financing
including data analysis, index definition, and designing the rules governing the
scaling-up process.
this technical assistance activity started with a pilot in the Karamoja sub-region
and in the first year of project implementation, the scale up provision activated
$4 million in additional financing through the IDA NusAF3 project to cover 33,422
households or twenty percent of the population affected by drought in Karamoja.
Nosy be, Madagascar
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madagascar
Dialogue on risk financing has continued with the government
of madagascar, particularly with the Ministry of Finance and
Budget and the DRM unit under the Prime Minister’s Office,
to explore options for expanding the range of financial
protection instruments for crisis response. Given the
country’s recent experience of drought in December 2016,
the ADRF team presented an overview of the work undertaken
with humanitarian partners in response to the el Niño drought
in the southern Africa region.
the presentation highlighted the benefits of taking a
pre-planned, pre-agreed approach to financing crisis response,
including the delivery of emergency assistance through the
scale-up of existing national safety net programs. the first
option discussed was the iDA irm which is currently under
preparation and will allow the government of Madagascar
to rapidly access up to five percent of its undisbursed IDA
portfolio20 following a crisis.
In November 2016, as part of the sWio rAfi, the disaster
risk profile for Madagascar21 was finalized and published.
this publication underlines that the country faces average
annual losses of $100 million for all combined hazards
(cyclone, flood and earthquake), with a ten percent probability
that damages will exceed $240 million and a five percent
probability that they will exceed $600 million in any given
year (see Box 3).
In March, 2017, when tropical Cyclone (tC) enawo made
landfall in northeastern Madagascar as a Category 4
cyclone, the ADRF Initiative co-financed the publication
of a report22 that estimated a post-disaster loss
calculation of over $400 million, corresponding to about
four percent of Madagascar’s annual GDP. the report’s
findings were calculated using existing risk models which
included the disaster risk profile outlined above, the ARC
tC model, and an agriculture model. using a modelled loss
approach gave government access to an early estimate of
the economic impact of the tC, which it could use to start
the recovery planning process. this effort has also had
a number of key implications for disaster risk financing
work in the country and the region. First, the existence of
state-of- the art catastrophe risk models for cyclone risk
for Madagascar marks an important step forward in the
country’s ability to understand risk and potential impact of
severe events. Additionally, although the model used for
the sWIO RAFI risk profile and the ARC model have some
differences, they can be seen as complementary, as they
were developed for different purposes and present different
views of risk. the collaborative approach used by the WB and
ARC teams in preparation of this report on the post-disaster
loss calculation was in response to a request that had been
previously received from the government of Madagascar
(expressed at the IslANDs23 Financial Protection meeting)
to work together to improve the information (and speed of
information) available to stakeholders, and strengthen the
government’s capacity to use this information.
20 Five percent of their undisbursed IDA investment project balances.
21 This activity was undertaken as part of the South-West Indian Ocean Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (SWIO RAFI), which
is co-financed by the ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program and the ADRF Initiative.
See in English and
in French
22 The report is available at losses-tropical- cyclone-enawo.
23 The ISLANDS Project is financed by the European Union, and implemented by the Indian Ocean Commission. It aims at promoting
regional integration and cooperation to reduce the financial impact of catastrophic risk, and at improving the capacity of the
island nations to build resilience to disaster and climate change.
in English
in French
losses-tropical- cyclone-enawo.
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lesotho and swaziland
Following the 2016 drought and identification of the need
to establish government-led response programs, the ADRF
Initiative initiated work on analytical and capacity building
activities to help the governments of lesotho and swaziland
identify the building blocks that would be necessary to
construct a national social protection system capable
of responding to shocks and strengthening the resilience
of poor households. these activities are being co-financed
and delivered as part of a project funded by the Rapid
social Response trust In June 2017, the ADRF team
met relevant stakeholders from government, development
partners, and humanitarian agencies in Mbabane and Maseru
to examine the social protection system as well as the legal
and financial framework that exist in both countries to
respond to disasters. It was found that neither lesotho nor
swaziland have risk financing instruments nor public financial
management processes in place to finance disaster response.
Both countries relied heavily on international donors and
humanitarian support to finance disaster response. During
the el Niño drought in 2015-16, governments could only
access funds through re-allocating national budgets and
cutting other ministerial budgets.
Additionally, the ADRF team also undertook a diagnostic
assessment of the government of lesotho’s support to a
food subsidy program, which was the primary component
of the government’s national response to the 2016 drought,
implemented from May 2016 to May 2017. the objective
of this assessment was to provide real-time insights and
observations for government and partners on the operational
and impact effectiveness of the food price subsidy program,
as well as make recommendations on long-term resilience
building to recurrent drought. Initial field research for this
activity took place during the second quarter of 2017;
conclusions were shared at a multi-stakeholder workshop
held in May 2017.
cabo verde
A first draft of a diagnostic study of cabo verde’s
financial protection against disasters was produced. the
draft includes a summary of initial data that is available on
the human, economic, and fiscal impacts of past disasters,
existing financial instruments for disaster response, as well
as the institutional set-up for disaster response and post-
disaster resource mobilization. this engagement will continue
with work on validating the data presented in the first draft,
attempting to collect additional information from government
sources, and presenting the findings to the government for
review and discussion of next steps.
24 This activity was also co-financed by other GFDRR financial sources.
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niger
the ADRF Initiative is supporting the government of niger in
its efforts to use the country’s existing safety net programs
to deliver assistance to vulnerable households in the event of
a shock, therefore improving speed, transparency and
efficacy of disaster response. technical assistance on this
topic complements an IDA lending operation supporting the
national social protection program. the IDA IRM was put in
place and was activated in March 2017 to respond to needs
related to economic recovery in tahoua and Agadez regions.
An institutional assessment of the current disaster response
system began as a first step towards developing a scalability
mechanism for the existing safety nets. In March and June
2017, two workshops on disaster risk information and disaster
risk financing were held in Niamey, convening government,
development, and humanitarian partners. the program
focused on the different elements of an effective approach to
financing disaster response, including information systems,
delivery mechanisms, and pre-planned financing.
senegal
engagement with the government of senegal has focused
on an analysis of the current state of financing disaster
response, along with the initial results of the senegal
country risk profile. In June 2017, a workshop was held with
the Ministry of economy, Finance and Planning, gathering 25
participants which focused on
presenting the key concepts, approaches and tools for the
financing of shock response;
discussing initial observations of the diagnostic report on
disaster risk financing and gaps;
presenting initial findings of the senegal country risk
profile; and
presenting findings of a public expenditure review of social
protection in senegal in the context of shock response, as
well as plans to develop adaptive safety nets in senegal.
the discussions at the workshop provided useful insights on
possible next steps highlighted in the diagnostic report. First,
it is important to build on ongoing work to strengthen the
single National Registry (Registre National Unique) to identify
and target beneficiaries of shock/disaster response financing
to avoid overlap between different mechanisms and improve
efficiency given limited resources. Pre-identifying vulnerable
households in the registry could not only improve timeliness of
response interventions, but also reduce the cost of identifying
households in need of support in the midst of a crisis.
second, there is a need to develop scalability mechanisms
for the existing safety nets to be able to quickly scale-up
assistance to vulnerable households upon the occurrence
of shocks/disasters. this would involve the development of
decision-making processes and financial strategy to allow
the government to use existing social protection systems to
deliver support rapidly and transparently in the event of a
shock.
Additionally, a strategic framework for the financing of
shock/disaster response could help improve transparency and
understanding about financing sources that could be used
for which disaster response types and gaps and potential
efficiencies in the current financing framework.
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mali
technical assistance for mali supported a government-led
effort to map the current institutional landscape of disaster
response, as well as existing financing sources. the results
of this mapping are being used to inform a draft diagnostic
report. Additionally, there are early discussions about a
potential knowledge exchange between the governments
of Mali and Kenya to share experiences on developing a
shock-responsive safety net.
mauritania
technical assistance was initiated in May 2017 in mauritania
on risk financing solutions linked to the national
safety net program. the focus of this engagement is to
(i) discuss the design of a social registry component that
would be reactive to shocks in order to allow the government
to improve response to crisis situations, as well as, guide
interventions by a wide range of actors such as government,
the World Food Programme (WFP), or Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs); and (ii) advance in the preparation of
a diagnostic focusing on the financing mechanisms used for
shock-responsive social safety nets.
the social registry will establish a buffer of potential
beneficiaries above the extreme poverty lines which will
be chosen based on vulnerability to shocks. A preliminary
methodology for designing the buffer at the communal level
based on a series of indicators was presented to the donor
coordination group. Work on adjusting the methodology
proposed will continue, based on the feedback and inputs
received by the different stakeholders involved.
to start the disaster risk financing diagnostic for
Mauritania, a data collection process was carried out to gather
information on the impacts of past events and the associated
government response. Data sources were very scarce and
limited and it was possible to identify only a handful of
events with their associated response. the effort involved key
disaster-response interventions actors (Ministry of economy
and Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of livestock,
Commissariat for Food security, WFP, united Nations
Development Program) in hopes of improving understanding
about the legal and institutional aspects of post-disaster
interventions and financing mechanisms. Consolidation of
the diagnostic report is ongoing and will include the cost of
past events, and a description of mechanisms and financial
tools used for post-disaster interventions, in particular for the
financing of social safety nets.
south Africa
the high costs of responding to drought in 2016 led the
south African government to request assistance to explore
ways of supporting agriculture insurance program
development. the ADRF Initiative produced a diagnostic
report which examined the fiscal costs of three different
mechanisms for potential public support to strengthen and
expand commercial agricultural insurance programs. the
south African government is evaluating the report as an input
into decision-making to determine whether to proceed with a
national program, and if so, how. Additionally, the diagnostic
provided auseful framework for thinking about how to
structure public-private sector partnerships for agriculture
insurance in other countries.
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Box 2: Focus on the development of disaster
risk financing strategies in Mozambique
Mozambique offers a good example of the scope of activities being implemented
under Component B of the ADRF initiative, given the strong commitment of the
government of Mozambique to strengthen its disaster risk financing framework.
technical assistance provided complements an innovative IDA lending operation
that combines a conventional Development Policy loan (DPl) that disburses
upon effectiveness of the loan, and a DPl with a Cat-DDO that would disburse in
the event of a national emergency at the government’s request. For the lending
operation, the government has identified several policy reforms that can strengthen
Mozambique’s DRM framework.
these relate to risk financing, and may include:
the establishment of a Disaster Contingency Fund and the approval of
implementation regulations for that fund approved by the Ministry of Finance,
thereby providing the legal basis for the establishment and capitalization of the
fund
the development and approval of a National Disaster Risk Financing strategy that
establishes priorities, timetables and financial protection arrangements, including
the identification of contingency and risk transfer instruments
the approval of a decree that revises the basic social protection programs to
integrate social assistance during emergencies under the Direct social Assistance
Program
the establishment of a payment mechanism for the delivery of cash transfers
through the emergency social Assistance Window through third parties
the ADRF team has also provided assistance to develop a diagnostic on the
current state of disaster risk financing, which includes an economic and fiscal
impact assessment of past disasters. this analysis revealed significant gaps in
available financing for disaster response and informed policy discussions with
government about potential measures to remedy this, including contingent credit
and a contingency fund. A draft of the diagnostic was presented to the government
in April 2017.
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facilitating regional risk financing and knowledge
sharing initiatives
the ADRF Initiative facilitated a number of knowledge-sharing activities on risk
assessment and risk financing solutions, in collaboration with partners working on
other results areas.
the open Data for resilience initiative (openDri) was implemented in
malawi, niger and indian ocean island states. trainings were organized on the
OpenDRI, which enhances the decision-making capabilities of DRM practitioners.
In December 2016, two trainings were provided in Malawi to 40 people on this
approach, using both serious game and a formal training. the ADRF Initiative also
supported the maintenance of the MAsDAP, and conducted training to 30 people
on the GeoNode25 and InasAFe26 platforms in July 2016. In niger, technical advice
and support was provided to the government on the establishment, maintenance
and use of the Platform for Assessment of Disaster Risk and environment (PADRe)
spatial data storage, visualization and real-time analysis platform.
the ADRF Initiative also supported knowledge sharing activities under the sWio
rAfi (see Box 3 for further information on the sWIO RAFI risk profiles). this included
training for 24 people across the five island states in January 2017 on geospatial
data platforms and participatory mapping techniques under the OpenDRI.
the sahel is a region with large potential for the development of synergies between
hazard-specific information systems to inform risk assessments, early warning
systems for health and natural hazards, adaptive social protection programs, and
disaster risk financing. the ADRF supported an analysis of available information
systems, and explored the feasibility of converting monitoring information into
impact forecasting and monitoring systems. In addition, following the successful
preparation of the IDA irm in niger, similar mechanisms are being prepared for
mali and senegal.
25 GeoNode is a web-based application and platform for developing geospatial information system and for deploying spatial data
infrastructure. See
26 InaSAFE is a free software that produces realistic natural hazard impact scenarios for better planning, preparedness and
response activities. See
.
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Box 3: Focus on the south-West Indian Ocean Risk
Assessment and Financing Initiative (sWIO RAFI)
Following the conclusion of the sWIO RAFI project, the ADRF Initiative co-financed
the publication of five Disaster Risk Profiles for madagascar, comoros, mauritius,
seychelles and Zanzibar. the hazard data and risk profiles can also be found on
GFDRR’s thinkHazard! () tool, enabling global access to the
results (see Annex).
On January 18–19, 2017 the 7th Regional Platform meeting of the IslANDs
Programme for Financial Protection was hosted by the Indian Ocean Commission
(IOC) in Mauritius and attended by delegations from comoros, madagascar,
mauritius, seychelles and Zanzibar. ARC and the WB team discussed the
similarities, differences, and complementarities across different risk models
generated by AIR Worldwide, uNIsDR and ARC. Workshop highlights included:
sWIO RAFI risk profiles that provide a new level of detailed quantitative risk
data for each island nation. each of the hazard, exposure, and financial risk
project components have numerous potential uses for local agencies and project
stakeholders to improve understanding and promote risk reduction in the sWIO
region.
While recognizing that the risk models are a significant forward step in
improving the information base for catastrophe risk in the region, most island
state representatives continued to have questions about how and where to use
the risk information, and requested additional technical assistance to help
strengthen local capacity to use and interpret the information, and support a
transfer of tools to the countries.
While the team emphasized the value of using the different sources of risk
information and modelling (uNIsDR, AIR Worldwide, ARC) together, several
stakeholders in the region expressed the need for more direction on which
modelling approach was “best” and which should be “chosen” (Madagascar), and
whether or not the models had been “framed by law” and would become the
“national” model (Comoros). this reinforced the team’s view that additional
technical assistance would be needed to strengthen understanding and
confidence in governments’ ability to use the various information sources to
make decisions.
the representatives of the IOC and the IslANDs Platform were pleased to see
joint presentations from the World Bank team and the ARC, which was helpful for
improving understanding of the way the teams were working together.
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ADrf initiative team: A dedicated GFDRR team in Brussels works on managing the
ADRF Initiative, ensuring day-to- day coordination with the european Commission
(mainly through the eu Delegation to the AuC), the ACP secretariat, the other
implementing partners of the ACP-eu Program Building Disaster Resilience in
Sub-Saharan Africa and other relevant stakeholders. the GFDRR Brussels team also
ensures effective Program visibility and coordination of the ADRF work plan and
activities, which are jointly-implemented by three teams within the WB:
the WB Africa DRM team, which is part of the WB social, urban, Rural and
Resilience Global Practice,27 leads the dialogue on Disaster Risk Management
with African countries.
the GFDRR Innovation lab28 leads the work on creating the enabling environment
for risk financing and on facilitating regional risk sharing and knowledge sharing
initiatives.
the Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP),29 a joint partnership
of the WB’s Finance and Markets Global Practice and GFDRR, leads the dialogue
on disaster risk finance with government stakeholders.
coordination: to ensure efficiency and avoid overlaps, ADRF activities are closely
coordinated with ongoing programs developed by the eu (through eu delegations),
uN agencies, WB/GFDRR and other development partners. Particular attention
is given to the coordination between the different result areas of this Program
through bi-annual Program steering Committee (PsC)30 meetings, and proactive
coordination of GFDRR with the implementation partners of R1 (AuC and uNIsDR),
R2 (WB-GFDRR), R3 (AfDB), and R4 (uNIsDR). specific attention has been given
to R4 and R5 coordination to ensure complementarity of activities on improving
access to risk information. Coordination among GFDRR/WB, AuC and uNIsDR is
undertaken to ensure monitoring and reporting on progress for the overall Program.
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28 The GFDRR Innovation Lab supports the use of science, technology and open data in promoting new ideas and the development
of original tools to empower decision makers in vulnerable countries to strengthen their resilience.
See
29 The DRFIP was established in 2010 to improve the financial resilience of governments, businesses, and households against
natural disasters. See
30 The following organizations are part of the PSC: the AUC, the RECs (ECOWAS, IGAD, ECCAS and SADC), AfDB, UNISDR, GFDRR &
WB, the ACP Secretariat, and with observer status, the EU, the Host Government, ACMAD, EUMETSAT and representatives of the
Regional Climate Centre of the region where the meeting is being hosted.
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Coordination across the different activities implemented by partners also took
place at the 6th session of the Africa Regional Platform which was hosted by the
government of Mauritius on November 22–25, 2016. During this conference, the
Programme of Action for the implementation of the sendai Framework for DRR in
Africa was presented and adopted with support from uNIsDR. this Programme of
Action is relevant for the Africa region as an overall framework for DRR actions in
Africa at the continental, regional and national levels. the conference also provided
an opportunity for the ADRF Initiative to be represented, especially in the following
sessions:
Plenary session on investing in DRR for resilience, organized by uNIsDR
A side event on disaster risk financing, organized by the African Risk Capacity
(ARC), which also included the AfDB
A side event held to launch the World Bank/GFDRR Africa DRM strategy: Striving
toward Disaster Resilient Development in Sub-Saharan
steering committee: the ADRF Initiative, as part of the Program Building Disaster
Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa, reports to the PsC, which seeks to oversee and
validate the overall strategic direction and policy guidance of the Program. two
steering committee meetings were held between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017:
the 2nd steering committee meeting32 of the Building Disaster Resilience in
Sub-Saharan Africa Program took place in livingstone, Zambia, on October 27,
2016, in the margins of the 9th Africa Working Group33 on DRR (October 25–26).
the 3rd steering committee meeting took place in Addis Ababa, ethiopia, on
March 9, 2017, in the margins of the 10th Africa Working Group on DRR (March
7–8).
31 The strategy is available online:
sub-
32 The 1st Steering Committee meeting took place in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2016.
33 The Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction, established through a Ministerial Declaration, provides
technical support to the African Union Commission, Regional Economic Communities, Member States and partners for
coordination and implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Annex – Communication and Visibility Outputs
infographics—Poverty studies
Based on the two poverty studies that have been written on the impact of disasters
on poverty namely Welfare, Income Growth and Shocks in Uganda (
and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Malawi ( the ADRF team has
produced a series of infographic posters and booklets to highlight the results
for non-specialists. the final products for uganda and Malawi were delivered in
October PDF of the infographic for uganda is accessible at
the PDF of the infographic for Malawi is accessible at
malawi in-depth risk Assessment report
the ADRF team published the final report for the Flood Risk Modelling Activity
undertaken by the RAsOR consortium in Malawi. the report can be accessed at the
following link:
Flood hazard maps have been produced by a consortium of three partners from the
RAsOR initiative: . In addition, all geographical layers are
available on the RAsOR GeoNode at and on the MAsDAP
GeoNode at .
ADrf (result Area 5) 2014-2016 Activity report
the ADRF Initiative team has published the Activity Report for the period of August
2014 to June 2016 in english ( and French ( the
report gives an overview of the ADRF Initiative’s achievements and highlights for
that period and identifies upcoming priorities and challenges.
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five sWio rAfi Disaster risk Profiles
the ADRF Initiative has supported the publication of five Disaster Risk Profiles
for Madagascar in english ( and French ( Comoros
in english ( and French ( Mauritius in english
( seychelles in english ( and Zanzibar in english
( the hazard data and risk profiles can also be found on GFDRR’s
thinkHazard! () tool, enabling global access to the results.
summary report on the sWio rAfi
A summary report was published on the sWIO RAFI, co-financed by the ADRF Initiative
and the ACP-eu Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program. the report summarizes
progress made in advancing analytical work to improve the understanding of
disaster risks and risk financing solutions for Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius,
seychelles and Zanzibar. the risk profiles along with key findings were published in
this report that provides detailed quantitative risk data for each island nation. the
report is accessible at:
Using risk models to calculate losses of tc enawo in madagascar
On March 7, 2017, tC enawo made landfall in northeastern Madagascar as a Category
4 cyclone, and then moved southward as a tropical depression before exiting the
country on March 10, 2017. the ADRF Initiative co-financed the publication of a
report focusing on the post-disaster loss calculation which estimated the losses
related to tC enawo to be over $400 million, corresponding to about four percent of
Madagascar’s annual GDP. the report can be found at the following link: estimation
of economic losses from tropical Cyclone enawo (
Program Website
A dedicated website for the Building Disaster Resilience in sub-saharan Africa
Program, including the ADRF Initiative, was launched in November 2016. this website
presents the overall program as well as each result areas’ implementing partner
and specific objectives. the website can be found at:
resilient-africa.
the global facility for Disaster
reduction and recovery
the Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is
a global partnership established in
2006 to support developing countries
in understanding, managing, and
ultimately reducing risks stemming
from natural hazards and climate
change. Hosted by the World Bank,
GFDRR is supported by 37 countries
and 11 international organizations,
and works with over 400 sub-national,
national, regional, and international
partners. GFDRR’s mission is to
facilitate implementation of the sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
and to contribute to the achievement
of the sustainable Development Goals
and the Paris Agreement by ensuring
that development policies, plans, and
investments—including post-disaster
reconstruction—are designed to
minimize disaster risks and build the
resilience of people and economies to
climate change. GFDRR provides grant
financing, technical assistance, training
and knowledge sharing activities to
mainstream disaster and climate risk
management in policies and strategies.
For more information, please visit
the GFDRR Innovation lab supports the
use of science, technology and open
data to promote new ideas and devel-
op original tools that empower decision
makers in vulnerable countries and
strengthen their resilience. see http://
the World bank Africa Disaster
risk management team
the World Bank Africa Disaster Risk
Management team (AFR DRM) supports
countries and communities in sub-
saharan Africa in building climate
and disaster resilience for sustainable
development. Its portfolio of $
billion is approximately 10 percent of
the World Bank’s overall Africa portfolio.
this includes a core DRM investment
portfolio of over $1 billion and $71
million in technical assistance grants
to 29 countries. through its investment
and technical assistance operations,
the AFR DRM team develops effective
synergies with other initiatives such as
the various Result Areas of the ACP-eu
Building Disaster Resilience in sub-
saharan Africa Program and other ACP-
eu initiatives.
the Disaster risk financing and
insurance Program
the Disaster Risk Financing and
Insurance Program (DRFIP) is a joint
partnership of the World Bank Group’s
Finance and Markets Global Practice
and GFDRR. It was established in 2010
to improve the financial resilience
of governments, businesses, and
households against natural disasters.
see
programs/disaster-risk-financing-and-
insurance-program.
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