"Model uncertainty hampers consensus on the key determinants of economic growth. Some recent cross-country, cross …-sectional analyses have employed Bayesian Model Averaging to address the issue of model uncertainty. This paper extends that approach to …

has developed an Agricultural Risk Management (ARM) framework that assesses risks in systemic production, markets, and … of risk management measures so that scarce resources can be allocated where they have the most impact. It also helps … collaboration. There is a need to build layered approaches to manage risk that combine risk-mitigating, risk-transfer, and risk …

This report seeks to further the body of disaster risk management (DRM) knowledge in Santa Catarina by identifying …

The objective of this paper is to develop an approach for integrating a gender dimension into Agricultural Sector Risk … Assessments (ASRAs). The focus is on the approach because both agricultural risk and gender issues are contextual, thus the … outcomes of a gender-based risk assessment are highly dependent on the social, cultural, geo-graphic, and economic contexts of …

In project finance, risks are allocated to the parties best able to manage them. However, the risk mitigation … commercial risk mitigation instruments commonly used in project finance by private lenders and sometimes by equity investors. The … construction period, three main groups of instruments are used to mitigate risk: contractual arrangements and associated guarantees …

the formulation of a country-specific comprehensive disaster risk financing (DRF) strategy, based on the assessment of the … preliminary fiscal risk analysis and a review of the current budget management of disasters in Dominica. The report benefits from …, Jamaica, and so on) in the design and implementation of sovereign catastrophe risk financing strategies. This report tailors …