Drought Financing Facility

Publication language
English
Date published
07 Nov 2017
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Drought, Funding and donors
Countries
Zimbabwe, Pakistan
Organisations
Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), Start Network, START Network, START Network
Link
https://startnetwork.org/resource/drought-financing-facility-summary

The Drought Financing Facility is based on a risk management approach that involves scientific modelling of drought risks, focused scenario-based contingency planning and ground monitoring, and pre-positioned financing.

The teams involved will monitor signs of emerging agricultural drought crises against pre-agreed indicators, which when reached, would prompt the automatic and predictable release of funds for early action. 

The objective is to protect communities at risk of major droughts by deploying funds to organisations on the ground in a faster, more efficient way.

The purpose of this report is to give an overview of the way the Drought Financing Facility is designed, including two proposed pilots in Zimbabwe and Pakistan.