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Stocktaking of Adaptive Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management
World Bank - 2023
In today's global environment, countries face various shocks, such as natural hazards, economic and health crises, conflict, violence, and forced displacement. Disasters triggered by natural hazards cause billions of dollars in damage per year, and these disasters, and their costs, are...
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Optimal pre-merger notification mechanisms : incentives and efficiency of mandatory and voluntary schemes
Rodríguez González, Aldo Javier - 2009
"The authors compare the two merger control systems currently employed worldwide: a mandatory system based on merger size threshold and a voluntary system with ex-post monitoring and fines. The voluntary system possesses two informational advantages: (i) the enforcement agency employs more...
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Insurance regulation in Jordan : new rules, old system
Vittas, Dimitri - 2004
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Insurance Sector Technical Note
World Bank - 2016
This technical note covers the insurance sector supervised by the CBR. The analysis was carried out as part of the 2016 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) of the Russian Federation, and was based on the regulatory framework, supervisory practices and other conditions as they existed in...
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Achieving effective social protection for all in Latin America and the Caribbean : from right to reality
Ribe, Helena - 2010
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Insurance against covariate shocks : the role of index-based insurance in social protection in low-income countries of Africa
Alderman, Harold - 2007
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Income Support for Persons with Disabilities in Middle East and North Africa : Social Insurance and Beyond
World Bank - 2016
This report proposes a toolkit which can be used to produce national assessments in MENA countries. The toolkit consists of a series of four questionnaires to be completed by institutions delivering specific programs in the areas of Social Assistance, Social Insurance, Health and Education. A...
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Valuing mortality and morbidity in the context of disaster risks
L. Cropper, Maureen - 2009
"Benefit-cost analyses of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects are an important tool for evaluating the efficiency of such projects, and an important input into decision making. These analyses, however, often fail to monetize the benefits of reduced death and injury. The authors review the...
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The demographic and socio-economic distribution of excess mortality during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
Walque, Damien de - 2009
demographic consequences of the Rwandan genocide and how the excess mortality due to the conflict was distributed in the …
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Fertility response to natural disasters : the case of three high mortality earthquakes
Finlay, Jocelyn E. - 2009
addition to the replacement effects of higher fertility following a disaster that caused high mortality, a positive fertility … response may be induced as children can be used to supplement household income. This paper analyzes three high mortality … positive fertility response to exposure to these large-scale natural disasters in addition to the response to child mortality …
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