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Half a year ago, Russia's economic prospects looked uncertain. The global economy was losing momentum, the expansion in the euro area was grinding to a halt and commodity prices were beginning to fall. Yet, while output growth is slowing this year in line with weaker growth in Europe and...
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increasingly important. And yet, many cities do not have master plans to guide their projected growth, let alone tools for risk … minimize risk today and then think about addressing future risk. This methodology report describes the underlying risk … components, including a description of the models required inputs related to metropolitan elements at risk, hazard sub …
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This note summarizes the conclusions of the review of the insurance sector in the Lebanon as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP). The main objectives of the assessment are to review the performance and structure of the insurance sector with respect to: the potential exposure...
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The current report is a milestone for preparing the Romanian climate change (CC) action plan. A CC action plan should be based on the consolidation and coordination of both mitigation and adaptation measures and options. An important step in the elaboration of such a plan is the selection of...
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(in nominal terms) in associated damage costs. This report focuses on the development of the country catastrophe risk … Climate and Disaster Risk Management. The country risk profiles integrate data collected and produced through risk modeling … and include maps showing the geographic distribution of assets and people at risk (section one), hazards assessed (section …
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, environmental degradation and global climate change. Reducing the risk of disasters will be key to achieving the development goals … disaster risk management in the Philippines. The objectives of the first study were to: document the impacts of natural … disaster risk; and identify options for more effective management of that risk. This follow-on study is intended to support the …
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country's current capacity to reduce and manage disaster risk; and identify options for more effective management of that risk …, it is important that a national framework for comprehensive disaster risk management be prepared and implemented. The … framework should incorporate the essential steps of integrated risk management, which include risk identification, risk …
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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 …
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This report seeks to further the body of disaster risk management (DRM) knowledge in Santa Catarina by identifying …
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This policy note is a preliminary effort to present a body of knowledge on the state of disaster risk financing and …-Saharan Africa on disaster risk financing and insurance, and to encourage open dialogue between stakeholders on how strategies can … actors in the international community with an interest in this agenda. In the context of this report, disaster risk financing …
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