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Vulnerability and Natural Disasters in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and the Kyrgyz Republic
Jha, Raghbendra - 2011
This paper analyses vulnerability in Fiji, the Kyrgyz republic, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. In incorporating measures … strategy runs the risk of becoming a statistical artefact with little relevance to the welfare of the poor. This paper begins …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059654
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Effectiveness of foreign development assistance in mitigating natural disasters' impact : case study of Pacific island countries
Chen, Hong; Singh, Baljeet - 2020
Natural disasters bring tremendous destruction to small island economies in the South Pacific region. Foreign development aid, as an important source of green finance in the region, has the fundamental purpose of reducing natural disasters' effect on the small island economies. With country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012163861
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Is twin deficit hypothesis in Pacific Island countries valid? : an empirical investigation
Jayaraman, T. K.; Choong, Chee-keong; Hook, Law Siong - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003843472
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What Drives Interest Rate Spreads in Pacific Island Countries? An Empirical Investigation
Jamaludin, Fazurin - 2015
the small scale, geographic dispersion, and vulnerability to shocks increase the cost and risk of credit in this country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021775
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The Economics of the 'Arc of Instability'
Duncan, Ron; Chand, Satish - 2003
Why are the Melanesian states of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu experiencing considerable civil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014113716
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Unlocking access to climate finance for Pacific Island countries
Fouad, Manal; Novta, Natalija; Preston, Gemma; … - 2021
This departmental paper provides an in-depth overview of access to climate finance for Pacific Island Countries, evaluating successes and challenges faced by countries and proposes a way forward to unlock access to climate funds
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013336220
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What Drives Interest Rate Spreads in Pacific Island Countries? : An Empirical Investigation
Jamaludin, Fazurin - 2015
the small scale, geographic dispersion, and vulnerability to shocks increase the cost and risk of credit in this country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014412097
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Economic Development in Seven Pacific Island Countries
Scott, Douglas A. - 1989
This book, by Christopher Browne with Douglas A. Scott, reviews the economic progress that Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New … Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa have made since independence. An overview of the region examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400794
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A New Assessment to Measure the Risk Levels Between Natural Disasters and Socio-Economic-Political Disasters
Ruiz Estrada, Mario Arturo - 2019
In this paper, we attempt to analyse and compare the magnitudes of destruction caused by natural disasters versus socio-economic-political disasters around the world. To do so, we deploy a multi-disciplinary approach that encompasses history, politics, sociology, and economics (Ruiz Estrada,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868920
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Risk measures based on benchmark loss distributions
Bignozzi, Valeria; Burzoni, Matteo; Munari, Cosimo-Andrea - 2018
We introduce a class of quantile-based risk measures that generalize Value at Risk (VaR) and, likewise Expected … probability of occurrence. The corresponding risk measure, called Loss VaR (LVaR), determines the minimal capital injection that … and applications to capital adequacy, portfolio risk management and catastrophic risk are presented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011900226