FATHUM Policy Brief: FbF - A mechanism for improved Disaster Preparedness in Mozambique

This policy brief summarizes the results of a study designed by a transboundary three-party team of researchers and conducted from 2017-2019 in flood-prone districts of the Gaza Province in Mozambique. Led by UDM’s Centro de Investigação e Extensão from 2017 to 2019, the study’s purpose was to examine the relevance of the biophysical
drivers of risk (disaster risk profile and history), the local disaster risk management capacity and institutional arrangements as well as the established early warning systems in the implementation of Forecast based Financing (FbF)