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28 Jun 19
Ileana Steccolini, who is speaking at the CIPFA conference on 10 July, asks whether organisational capacities make a difference to local government financial resilience.
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28 Feb 18
An aid watchdog has called on the UK Department for International Development to do more to ensure the results of its investments in natural disaster resilience efforts are monitored thoroughly.
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1 Nov 16
The World Bank has appointed the European Commission’s vice president for budget and human resources to the newly created role of chief executive.
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19 Jul 16
Countries must take early action if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved, the chief of the United Nations Development Programme has said.
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22 Jun 16
Planning for risks and investing in resilience is critical to achieving sustainable development, a United Nations Development Programme chief has said.
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22 Jun 16
The World Bank has approved $1.02bn worth of financing for Pakistan to support economic reforms and resilience in the country.
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15 Jun 16
The 220 million people at risk of falling into poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean need a “resilience basket”, weaved from a new generation of public policies, the United Nations Development...
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4 May 16
Climate risk insurance requires a strong and sustained public finance element if it is to reach the poorest people most affected by climate change, a report by Results UK argues.
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4 May 16
Risk financing mechanisms can be used to help absorb some of the shocks and costs of climate change
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9 Mar 16
Efforts to build resilience to infectious diseases like Ebola are futile unless they also address systematic gender inequality, the African Development Bank has said.
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9 Feb 16
The European Union is to support the delivery of public services and encourage better public financial management in Liberia with financing agreements totalling $64m.
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28 Jan 16
India and the World Bank have agreed finance deals worth $575m that are intended to support the country’s disaster resilience and health services.
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26 Jan 16
The United Nations has warned that the health consequences of El Niño are likely to continue throughout 2016 and urged governments to invest now in preparedness to prevent unnecessary deaths,...
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25 Jan 16
Three of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies and senior representatives from philanthropic and insurance organisations have called for a “paradigm shift” in the world’s approach to humanitarian...
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4 Dec 15
More people are in need of humanitarian assistance than at any time since the Second World War, with women and girls disproportionately vulnerable, according to the United Nations Population Fund (...
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25 Nov 15
The World Bank has called for $16bn in funding to help Africa adapt to climate change and build the continent’s resilience.
28 Jun 19Ileana Steccolini, who is speaking at the CIPFA conference on 10 July, asks whether organisational capacities make a difference to local government financial resilience.
28 Feb 18An aid watchdog has called on the UK Department for International Development to do more to ensure the results of its investments in natural disaster resilience efforts are monitored thoroughly.
1 Nov 16The World Bank has appointed the European Commission’s vice president for budget and human resources to the newly created role of chief executive.
19 Jul 16Countries must take early action if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved, the chief of the United Nations Development Programme has said.
22 Jun 16Planning for risks and investing in resilience is critical to achieving sustainable development, a United Nations Development Programme chief has said.
22 Jun 16The World Bank has approved $1.02bn worth of financing for Pakistan to support economic reforms and resilience in the country.
15 Jun 16The 220 million people at risk of falling into poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean need a “resilience basket”, weaved from a new generation of public policies, the United Nations Development...
4 May 16Risk financing mechanisms can be used to help absorb some of the shocks and costs of climate change
9 Mar 16Efforts to build resilience to infectious diseases like Ebola are futile unless they also address systematic gender inequality, the African Development Bank has said.
9 Feb 16The European Union is to support the delivery of public services and encourage better public financial management in Liberia with financing agreements totalling $64m.
28 Jan 16India and the World Bank have agreed finance deals worth $575m that are intended to support the country’s disaster resilience and health services.
26 Jan 16The United Nations has warned that the health consequences of El Niño are likely to continue throughout 2016 and urged governments to invest now in preparedness to prevent unnecessary deaths,...
25 Jan 16Three of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies and senior representatives from philanthropic and insurance organisations have called for a “paradigm shift” in the world’s approach to humanitarian...
4 Dec 15More people are in need of humanitarian assistance than at any time since the Second World War, with women and girls disproportionately vulnerable, according to the United Nations Population Fund (...
25 Nov 15The World Bank has called for $16bn in funding to help Africa adapt to climate change and build the continent’s resilience.
