as places of refuge after an earthquake or other disaster. …

Dramatic events, such as the earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province in 2008 and the devastation caused by …

, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mozambique and the United States. …

Insurance markets play an essential role in the financial management of disaster risks by encouraging proper risk …, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines. …

economic growth, ageing population and a reduction in outside economic aid. The devastating earthquake that hit the regional … building resilient regions after a disaster are drawn. These guiding recommendations can provide a framework for policy making …

This report applies the lessons from the OECD’s analysis of disaster risk financing practices and the guidance in the … OECD Recommendation on Disaster Risk Financing Strategies to the specific case of earthquakes. It provides an overview of … the approaches that economies facing various levels of earthquake risk and economic development have taken to managing the …