The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is a multi-donor partnership housed at the World Bank that helps low- and middle-income countries understand, manage, and reduce the risks they face from natural hazards and climate change. Its annual report walks through a year of grants, analytics, and country engagements — a portfolio that in fiscal year 2025 spanned 328 active grants across more than 100 countries and informed $8.67 billion in World Bank disaster and climate resilience investments. The 2025 report was structured differently than previous ones: streamlined for accessibility and reweighted around the results and impact GFDRR is contributing to.
The 100+ page report carries a full year of GFDRR's program data, country findings, and technical analysis. Our task was to shape a document that works both for the reader who moves through it end-to-end and the one who lands on a single chapter hunting for a specific number.
Bold, full-bleed photos anchor each section opener, infographics carry the figures that would drown inside body copy, and pull-quote callouts pace the read. More than 50 photographs — sourced and placed throughout — bring the country stories to life and break up long stretches of data-heavy text. A big part of the work was finding photos that actually complemented the stories on the page: country, subject, and tone all had to line up before an image earned its place. A consistent grid, header hierarchy, and section rhythm mean the treatment on the first spread is the same as the last — once a reader learns how the document works, they can navigate the whole report without a guide.
