New initiative on disaster risk finance and inclusive insurance in Viet Nam
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Ha Noi, 28 April 2021 – The United Nations Development Programme organized an inception workshop for an upcoming diagnostic study on disaster risk finance and inclusive insurance. The workshop aimed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Vietnamese context and identify the possible interventions and technical support needed for the country, which has been selected as one of the first ten countries to participate in a new UNDP global initiative under its new Insurance and Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) to make inclusive insurance and risk financing central to development.
This new initiative has been designed jointly with the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) and is financially supported by the Government of Germany. UNDP will also work with the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) and global insurance industry partners to develop new disaster risk financing and insurance products to reduce the
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