Global partnership on disaster risk financing analytics: Results and achievements
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The Emergence of Disaster Risk Financing in a Changing World
Societies continue to bear increasing costs from natural hazards as population growth, the geographic concentration of economic and infrastructural assets in vulnerable areas, and the effects of climate change are accelerating exposure to potential losses. As governments try to recover and rebuild in the aftermath of disasters, they are confronted with staggering economic and financial costs because the immediate expenditures needed for reconstruction are compounded by a weakened economy, damaged infrastructure, destroyed businesses, reduced tax revenues, and a rise in poverty levels. These costs are particularly acute for low- and middle-income economies that tend to depend on ad hoc solutions such as emergency loans, retroactive budget realignments that divert limited financial resources from other areas of need, tax increases, or
Scientific due diligence for humanitarian Disaster Risk Financing: A guide for data scientists and humanitarian practitioners
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NEW TOOL LAUNCHED FOR RESPONSIBLE USE OF SCIENTIFIC DATA WITHIN HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS
A global network of NGOs has today launched a new guide for scientists and humanitarians to encourage the responsible use of scientific data in humanitarian decision-making.
This guide has been developed by Start Network as a result of its work with the Drought Risk Finance Science Laboratory (DRiSL) and is being launched as part of its work to shift humanitarian funding from reactive to proactive, from late to early, using data as a key driver of proactive decisions.