Ecuador Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Financing with a Cat-DDO (WB-P510158)

Countries
  • Ecuador
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Nov 26, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Republic of Ecuador
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 200.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 200.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 200.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 21, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Jun 16, 2025

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the WB, the development objective is to strengthen the Government of Ecuador’s program to manage risks resulting from climate, disaster, and public health shocks by (i) enhancing institutional capacity and (ii) mainstreaming resilience and climate adaptation in selected sectors.

The development objective of the Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Financing (DPF) with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat-DDO) for Ecuador is to strengthen the Government of Ecuador's program to manage risks resulting from climate, disaster, and public health shocks by: (i) enhancing institutional capacity, and (ii) mainstreaming resilience and climate adaptation in selected sectors. Ecuador has a solid legal framework for disaster and health crisis management, including clear institutional roles, a formal disaster declaration mechanism that serves as the trigger, and mandated tools such as national and local disaster risk management (DRM) plans and a disaster risk financing (DRF) strategy, all articulated in the 2024 DRM law and its regulations. The Cat-DDO builds on the progress and lessons learned from a series of DPF operations, Investment Project Financing (IPF), and non-lending technical assistance (TA) activities. This operation reinforces the Government of Ecuador (GoE's) ongoing efforts to strengthen institutional, technical, and financial capacities for managing disaster and climate change risks.

Investment Description
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World Bank
Akiko Toya
Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Diana Marcela Rubiano Vargas
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Rodrigo Andres Donoso Arias
Senior Urban Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient
Republic of Ecuador

Implementing Agencies
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)
Patricia Idrobo
Viceministra de Economía, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas
pidrobo@finanzas.gob.ec

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