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Risk Finance for the Developing World

Event

Jul 16, 2018

15:33 UTC

London, United Kingdom

UCL Finance Event

The billionaire philanthropists intent on using satellites to save the world

Data analysis – Feb 27, 2017

Satellite antennas are pictured at the technical center of Signalhorn company in Leuk, Switzerland, in this 2016 archive photo.

BLOG: How do economies bounce back after a disaster?

Business – Mar 1, 2017

Woman carrying water in Woukpokpoe village, Benin.

Colombia's City of Women rebuilds homes and hopes

Women – Mar 27, 2017

(R to L) Maritza Marimon, Everlides Almanza and Ana Luz Ortega, members of the League of Displaced Women who built Colombia’s City of Women, have a meeting at the community centre in the Municipality of Turbaco, near the city of Cartagena in northern Colombia, February 13, 2017. TRF/Anastasia Moloney

The Preston model: UK takes lessons in recovery from rust-belt Cleveland

Finance – Apr 18, 2017

via The Guardian

Next era of market finance for resilience

Finance – Apr 27, 2017

via Meeting of the Minds

Combating climate change could boost G20 economies, OECD says

Finance – May 23, 2017

A man wearing a face mask walks on a bridge in front of the financial district of Pudong amid heavy smog in Shanghai, China, December 15, 2015.

Afghanistan needs infrastructure overhaul to face risks ahead - official

disaster risk reduction – May 24, 2017

Afghan men push a motorcycle as they cross a damaged bridge after a flood in the Surkhroad district of Nangarhar province, February 25, 2015.

World Bank says nations ill-prepared to battle pandemic diseases

Disease control – May 25, 2017

Medical workers in protective clothing arrive at Meixoeiro Hospital, transporting, according to local authorities, a possible new Ebola patient, in Vigo, Spain, October 28, 2015.

Cash-strapped cities struggle to clean up their climate act

Climate change – May 26, 2017

A wind turbine used to generate electricity is seen in the coastal area of the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, April 26, 2017.

Tanzania urban plan seeks to protect cities from climate threats

Urban planning – Jun 2, 2017

People walk through a flooded area to watch the Olympic torch relay in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 13, 2008.

As Colombia's FARC disarms, rebels enlisted to fight deforestation

Deforestation – Jun 9, 2017

Forests in Colombia’s southern province of Caqueta

Zilient Webinar: Financial inclusion efforts to reduce the world’s underbanked population

Finance – Jun 13, 2017

Zilient Webinar: Financial inclusion efforts to reduce the world’s underbanked population

Zilient Webinar: Financial inclusion efforts to reduce the world’s underbanked population

Event

Jul 18, 2018

8:41 UTC

Zilient Webinar: Financial inclusion efforts to reduce the world’s underbanked population

Technology and trust key to unlock financial services for refugees and the underbanked

Finance – Jun 21, 2017

Syrian refugee Mohammed Said Amin, 48, collects cash assistance provided by the U.N. World Food Programme at a refugee camp in Akre, Iraq

Senegalese women revive appetite for traditional grains

Social finance – Jun 27, 2017

Women work at La Vivriére, a Senegalese business that processes foods made from traditional grains, in Pikine, a suburb of Dakar

Islamic finance provides Kenyans with cushion against drought

Social finance – Jul 7, 2017

Hamara Hujale poses for a photo in front of her tuk-tuk in Wajir, Kenya, June 8, 2017.

Leading charities look to blockchain to reduce losses and track financial aid

Funding – Jul 12, 2017

A customer of an Australian bank walks away after withdrawing money from an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) located next to a Bitcoin ATM at a shopping mall in central Sydney, Australia, October 1, 2015.

Disaster resilience is a core business issue: UNISDR

Business – Jul 14, 2017

via UNISDR

Insurance could cut $29bn natural disaster bill for poor nations

Insurance – Jul 14, 2017

via Reuters