Blogs

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Midori Makino

The COVID-19 pandemic was a major global health and economic shock that underscored, amongst other things, the importance of the water sector to public health and the need for institutional, busine

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Evie Calcutt

African countries are among those most vulnerable to natural disasters and the impacts of climate change. 

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Cristina Stefan

Extreme weather events are commonplace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Carlos Felipe Jaramillo

On September 10, 2004, Hurricane Ivan devastated Jamaica with its Category 4 winds and rain causing more than US$350 million in damages and taking the lives of 14 people.

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Olivier Mahul

The ongoing policy discussions about climate change resilience and the role of prevention and insurance, including the 

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Antoine Bavandi

Climate shocks and natural disasters have long-lasting effects — human, social, economic, and environmental.

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Olivier Mahul

Natural disasters cost about US$18 billion a year in emerging markets and developing economies through damage to power generation and transport infrastructure alone.

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Tenin Fatimata Dicko

Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in the heart of the Sahel region, was already facing difficult challenges when the COVID-19 outbreak occurred.