and of income losses following a crisis. She tests the validity of "insurance" and "liquidity" models of currency crisis …. Both models predict that the occurrence of a balance of payments crisis is conditional on the health of the nation …

Biodiversity loss will be an increasingly important source of risk and opportunity for the insurance sector. The … will be a key aspect of meeting the targets set by the Paris Agreement. Insurance companies will be impacted by …. Insurance can promote investment in biodiversity in three ways: (i) asset protection, (ii) liability reduction, and (iii …

and toward Western European levels. By 2008 efficiency gains had produced cost savings totaling US$349 million. The …

"Aid to developing countries has largely neglected the population-wide health services that are core to communicable …'s exposure to disease through measures such as implementing health and sanitary regulations. They complement the clinical … coherent public health regulations in countries where donors have long been active, facilitating the spread of diseases such as …

This is the sixteenth in the annual series and examines the interplay between human health, health policy and economic … development. Because good health increases the economic productivity of individuals and the economic growth rate of countries …, investing in health is one means of accelerating development. More important, good health is a goal in itself. During the past …

In the last five years, the number of voices calling for stronger international action on climate change and health has … increased, as has the scale and depth of activities. But current global efforts in climate and health are inadequately … opportunities to simultaneously promote better health outcomes and resilience.This paper begins by identifying the health impacts …