Natural disasters in Albania, such as intense storms, floods, heatwaves and wildfires, are becoming more frequent, unpredictable and severe due to climate change. Climate change is expected to increase...
The fiscal impacts of disasters originate from both short- and long-term consequences, such as deteriorating fiscal balances, economic contraction, and increase in public debt. Beyond these costs, there...
This policy brief focuses on how social assistance, which aims to protect the poorest households from destitution, can be leveraged to protect the poorest from shocks in Albania. This policy brief considers...
This report presents an analysis conducted by the World Bank to assess macro-fiscal impacts of earthquakes and floods in European Union (EU) Member States (MS), analyze the financial instruments in place...
This short note was published as independent blogs between June and October 2020 as part of technical knowledge produced by the disaster risk finance community of practice.
This public expenditure review (PER) is the first comprehensive assessment of public spending on disaster response, recovery, and reconstruction activities in the Philippines. Despite the high exposure...
The Philippine economy contracted by 10.0 percent, year-on-year, in the first three quarters of 2020, given the triple shock brought by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 delivered a...
Albania was the poorest nation in Europe in the early 1990s, but due to strong economic growth it had transitioned to an upper-middle-income country by 2008. Albania’s economy has recently demonstrated...
The options presented in this paper were developed at the request of the Government of Pakistan (GoP) to contribute to the country's disaster resilience and overall sustainable development. They are in...
This report was prepared at the request of the ministry of finance (MoF) and ministry of emergency situations of Uzbekistan as of February 2019. It aims to provide a detailed overview of the current status...
This report was prepared at the request of the ministry of finance (MoF) and ministry of emergency situations of Uzbekistan as of February 2019. It aims to provide a detailed overview of the current status...
The forum on financial protection against natural disasters in Central Asia took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on February 26 to 27, 2019. Organized by the World Bank with support of global facility for...
The forum on financial protection against natural disasters in Central Asia took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on February 26 to 27, 2019. Organized by the World Bank with support of global facility for...
This disaster risk finance country note was prepared as part of technical assistance within the strengthening disaster resilience in Tajikistan project. It aims to: (i) raise awareness of the fiscal impacts...
This disaster risk finance country note was prepared as part of technical assistance within the strengthening disaster resilience in Tajikistan project. It aims to: (i) raise awareness of the fiscal impacts...
This disaster risk finance country note was prepared within the Uzbekistan strengthening disaster resilience technical assistance. It aims at: (a) raising awareness about fiscal impacts of disasters in...
This disaster risk finance country note was prepared within the Uzbekistan strengthening disaster resilience technical assistance. It aims at: (a) raising awareness about fiscal impacts of disasters in...
Romania is severely exposed to a range of natural disasters—in particular, to earthquakes and floods—resulting in substantial social, physical, and financial impacts across the country. Since 1990, 77...