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World Bank - 2014

This report presents the World Bank Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient development and contends that it is essential to eliminate extreme poverty and achieve shared prosperity by 2030. The report argues for closer collaboration between the climate resilience and disaster risk...

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Ghana : Cocoa Supply Chain Risk Assessment

World Bank - 2014

Cocoa is by far Ghana's most important crop. It dominates the agricultural sector and is a major source of income for approximately 800,000 farmers and many others engaged in trade, transportation, and processing of cocoa. Cocoa holds a unique position in Ghana's economy. It has long played a...

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Weather Data Grids for Agriculture Risk Management : The Case of Honduras and Guatemala

World Bank - 2014

to the development of weather index-based insurance, is the availability of complete meteorological data. Limitations … risk analysis in insurance contracts where meteorological information is limited or incomplete. This paper is organized in … development of weather insurance contracts. Section four summarizes the main conclusions. …

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Integrating Gender-Sensitive Disaster Risk Management into Community-Driven Development Programs

World Bank - 2014

This note on integrating gender-sensitive disaster risk management (DRM) in community-driven development (CDD) Programs is the sixth in a series of guidance notes on gender issues in DRM in the East Asia and the Pacific region. Targeting World Bank staff, clients and development partners, this...

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Public-private partnerships in the new EU member states : managing fiscal risks

Budina, Nina - 2007

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Review of risk mitigation instruments for infrastructure financing and recent trends and developments

Matsukawa, Tomoko - 2007

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Household risk management and social protection in Chile

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Monitoring and Evaluation of Technical Conditions of Seismic Isolation Systems Implemented in Armenia : Institutional Arrangements for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction

World Bank - 2009

One of the objectives of a GFDRR funded project in Armenia (Institutional Arrangements on Disaster Risk Management and Reduction) is awareness building among the decision makers, professional engineering and construction community, and local self-governments on the modern, anti-seismic...

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Indonesia Economic Quarterly, December 2010 : Maximizing Opportunities, Managing Risks

World Bank - 2010

The Indonesian economic quarterly reports on and synthesizes the past three months' key developments in Indonesia's economy. Its coverage ranges from the macro economy to financial markets to indicators of human welfare and development. It is intended for a wide audience, including policy...

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Santa Catarina : Disaster Risk Profiling for Improved Natural Hazards Resilience Planning

World Bank - 2017

This report seeks to further the body of disaster risk management (DRM) knowledge in Santa Catarina by identifying flood asset exposure risks and consequently empower the state government and its institutions to include DRM practices and information in their daily operations and decision-making...

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