MAR 5 & 6 2025

Miami Beach Convention Center

Mary Boyer: Speaking at the Disasters Expo Miami

Mary Boyer

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)  -  The World Bank

Global Insights on Strengthening Resilience

Data scarcity, high vulnerability to natural hazards, limited fiscal space, fragile governance mechanisms. These are some of the challenges developing countries face in managing disasters, which are expected rise as climate impacts increase the severity and frequency of disasters. This seminar will share global experiences with managing physical and financial risks of disasters, including and implementing cost-effective ways to increase resilience without shortchanging developing goals.

About Mary Boyer

Mary Boyer is a Disaster Risk Management Specialist who joined the World Bank in 2015. She co-leads the Global Program for Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R) and the Global Program for Disaster Risk Financing the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), which focuses on building capacity within governments towards developing strong EP&R systems and cost-effective national strategies for disaster risk financing. Prior to the Bank, she supported development of the inaugural risk pool of African Risk Capacity, a parametric drought risk insurance product developed by the African Union. She has also managed community-driven disaster risk management projects through stabilization programming in Afghanistan with USAID.