Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction …. This paper first sets out the key stylized facts in the area-that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to … dealing with disaster risk. Key sources of market failure include the difficulty of risk spreading and, perhaps even more …

vulnerable, with the countries of the Eastern Caribbean standing out as among the most disaster-prone in the world. Natural …

experience suggests there are ways to strengthen policy frameworks to increase resilience to natural disaster shocks, including …

disaster-prone areas of the world, it has one of the lowest levels of insurance coverage. This paper examines the vulnerability …

Credit Facility for St. Vincent and the Grenadines to help the country manage the economic impact of Hurricane Tomas. The … Board’s approval enables the immediate disbursement of the full amount. The late-October 2010 hurricane inflicted …