Disaster Risk Finance for Public Infrastructure Assets in the Developing World: Opportunities and Challenges
‘Disaster Risk Finance for Public Infrastructure Assets in the Developing World: Opportunities and Challenges’ is the first dialogue in the DRI Dialogue Series under the theme ‘Finance for Resilient Infrastructure’. Planned in collaboration with our partners, Insuresilience Global Partnership and Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment, the discussion will explore several key questions regarding the design, scope, and viability of risk financing schemes for public infrastructure in developing countries. It will focus on sovereign disaster risk financing solutions.
The participants will also deliberate upon the benefits and costs of risk financing solutions and if and how such solutions can be supported though interventions of governments, multilateral development banks and other international organizations. Further, the dialogue will discuss the role of different stakeholders, particularly in creating necessary public policy and regulation and enabling the market development for the same. Finally, the deliberation will highlight the relevance of risk financing instruments in a comprehensive disaster risk financing strategy for the governments to effectively avert, reduce and mitigate disaster losses and interruptions to critical infrastructure services, and to build-back-better.
Time
17:00 - 18:15 PM (IST) | 13:30 - 14:45 (CET)
Speakers
- Dr. Astrid Zwick, Head of InsuResilience Secretariat (Moderator)
- Rowan Douglas, Head of Climate and Resilience Hub, Willis Towers Watson
- Samantha Cook, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank
- Isaac Anthony, Chief Executive Officer, CCRIF SPC
- Dr. Nicola Ranger, Deputy Director, UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment