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Resilience or Resignation : Facing Droughts and Floods in Rural, Poor Bolivia

World Bank Group - 2017

Bolivia is a country with a vast geographical diversity, from a high plateau (altiplano) that reaches 3,000 meters above sea level to valleys at mid-altitude and tropical plains. During the last decade, the magnitude of Bolivia's weather patterns has undergone significant changes; extreme...

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Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia

World Bank Group - 2020

communities, particularly during times of drought. This study identifies, analyzes, and recommends management interventions that … interventions can strengthen drought resilience within the South Asia region. A broad analytical framework and a series of case …

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Malawi Drought 2015-2016 : Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

World Bank Group - 2016

Bank and the United Nations (UN). The PDNA also developed a recovery strategy for the 2015-2016 drought by defining and … its financial implications, while making recommendations to improve future drought resilience. The report is structured as … three provides an analysis of the drought and an overview of the humanitarian consequences and the government's immediate …

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Mali Economic Update, April 2023 - Special Chapter : Strengthening Financial Resilience of Pastoralists to Drought

World Bank Group - 2023

This 2023 Economic Update for Mali is articulated in two chapters, plus a spotlight. The first chapter presents the economic and poverty developments observed in the country in 2022 as well as the outlook from 2023 to 2025. This chapter is followed by a summary of the macroeconomic-poverty...

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The Philippines Parametric Catastrophe Risk Insurance Program Pilot : Lessons Learned

World Bank Group - 2020

The Philippine Parametric Catastrophe Risk Insurance Program (the 'parametric program') represents a key milestone in this partnership. In July of 2017, the Philippines placed on the international financial markets a portfolio of catastrophe risk that transferred typhoon and earthquake risk from...

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Disaster Risk Finance Country Note : Serbia

World Bank Group - 2016

This disaster risk financing country note for Serbia provides an overview of the way its government currently finances the costs imposed by natural disasters. Meanwhile, poverty deepened after the financial crisis and during the recessions of 2012 and 2014, mainly because of losses in employment...

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Disaster Risk Finance as a Tool for Development : A Summary of Findings from the Disaster Risk Finance Impact Analytics Project

World Bank Group - 2016

Since 2013 The World Bank Group has partnered with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery and the U.K. Department for International Development to address some of these gaps in evidence and methodologies. The Disaster Risk Finance Impact Analytics Project has made significant...

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Coping with Losses : Options for Disaster Risk Financing in Brazil

World Bank Group - 2014

This study presents options for disaster risk financing in Brazil, drawing from international experience. The study presents a series of complementary options for disaster risk financing, based on a preliminary fiscal risk analysis and a preliminary review of the current budget management of...

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Advancing Disaster Risk Finance in Belize

World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2018

The objective of this report is to make recommendations for the Government of Belize (GoB) for the formulation of a country-specific comprehensive disaster risk finance (DRF) strategy, based on the assessment of the legislative, financial management, fiscal, and insurance market environment in...

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Advancing Disaster Risk Finance in Jamaica

World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2018

The objective of this report is to make recommendations for the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) for theformulation of a country-specific comprehensive disaster risk finance (DRF) strategy, based on the assessment of the legislative, financial management, fiscal, and insurance market environment in...

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