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From Flood Recovery to the Classroom: Helping Gatumba’s Children Return to School

October 09, 2026

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Malawi: World Bank Group Approves Grant Financing to Improve Resilience to Climate and Economic Shocks and Create Pathways to More Jobs

September 28, 2026

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2026 — Malawi is expected to create more and better paid jobs, strengthen social protection delivery to the poorest households, and build lasting resilience against the droughts and floods that repeatedly devastate and erode livelihoods faster than families can recover t

Disaster Risk Insurance Academy Impact Program - Learning Week 2026

June 22, 2026

From June 9-12, the "Disaster Risk Insurance Academy Impact Program 2026" brought together close to 40 reform champions – senior government officials, central bank representatives, regulators, and local insurance industry leaders – from 17 countries for a conversation that is at the heart of di

[Event Recap] Strengthening the Linkages Between Disaster Risk Finance and Adaptive Social Protection - Launch of Joint Note

June 19, 2026

On 3 June, the Global Shield Secretariat, the Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF), and the World Food Programme (WFP) co-hosted a webinar marking the launch of a

[Fragility Forum 2026] Inclusive Finance in FCV: Building MSME Markets and Protecting Livelihoods Against Shocks

June 17, 2026

Within the next decade, an estimated 400 million of the world's extreme poor are expected to be living in fragile countries — and 75% of people facing acute food insecurity already are.

[Event Recap] Senegal Validates the Implementation Plan for its National Strategy for Financing Climate and Disaster Risks

June 15, 2026

In June 2026, Senegal’s Ministère de l’ Economie, des Finances et du Plan (MEFP), convened a workshop at the WBG office in Dakar to validate the Implementation Plan (Plan de Mise en Œuvre, PMO) for its