GFDRR annual report 2015: bringing resilience to scale

This annual report highlights the results of GFDRR’s grants, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing activities in fiscal year 2015 (FY15). It provides an overview of GFDRR grant making activities along the five Pillars of Action identified in GFDRR’s strategy for 2012–2015, and how these activities support the newly approved Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The report also highlights progress under various Thematic Programs launched since then, as well as GFDRR’s contribution to international events and knowledge area in the disaster risk management (DRM) field. Finally, the report provides a comprehensive overview of GFDRR’s financial performance during the year.

Through its growing program, GFDRR worked to maximize impact and enable countries to design and implement comprehensive approaches to disaster risk management, helping embed resilience directly into development policies and planning. GFDRR helped leverage more than $3 billion in investments from the World Bank alone, catalyzed resilient recovery in Nepal and 12 other disaster- and conflict-affected regions, and helped more than 89 countries improve their disaster risk management capacity, with nearly half of all grants contributing to addressing climate risk.