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Feasibility Study : Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (DRFI) Solutions for Family Farmers in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (January 2024)
World Bank Group - 2024
The objective of this feasibility study is to identify disaster risk finance and insurance (DRFI) solutions for up to 1 …
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Land Quality Indicators.
Pieri, C.; Dumanski, J.; Hamblin, A.; Young, A. - World Bank Group - 1995
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China's Non-Bank Financial Institutions. Turst and Investment Companies.
Kumar, A.; Lardy, N.; Albrecht, W.; Chuppe, T.; Selwyn, S. - World Bank Group - 1997
Diversification of the financial sector has been one of the central features of China's recent and rapid economic growth. This book traces the development of China's Trust and Investment Companies (TICs), the most numerous non-bank financial institutions to emerge in China, and their link to the...
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Strategic Framework for the Financial Management of Disaster Risk
World Bank Group - 2015
disasters associated with the impact of natural hazards by insuring critical public assets and promoting the private insurance … market for catastrophic risks and agricultural insurance. The strategic framework has the following five strategic pillars … retention and transfer instruments; (iv) development of the domestic insurance market; and (v) strengthening of the state …
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Nepal Earthquake Post Disaster Needs Aassessment
World Bank Group - 2015
The post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) assesses the impact of the April 25, 2015 earthquake in Nepal and defines a recovery strategy. In the analysis, damage is defined as the cost to replace durable physical assets (buildings, equipment, facilities, and machinery) that were damaged or...
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Investment in Disaster Risk Management in Europe Makes Economic Sense
World Bank Group - 2021
This report forms part of the World Bank's technical assistance project undertaken with the European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) and financed under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) Annual Work Program 2020....
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Understanding the Needs of Civil Protection Agencies and Opportunities for Scaling up Disaster Risk Management Investments
World Bank Group - 2021
The objective of this report is to summarize insights and provide recommendations related to the challenges and opportunities for civil protection (CP) agencies to leverage investments for disaster prevention and preparedness. This report draws on the findings of stakeholder consultations and...
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The Impacts of Disaster Risk on Sovereign Asset and Liability Management
World Bank Group - 2021
costs and risks of disasters using prearranged financing and insurance methods. Applying the Sovereign Asset and Liability …
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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 … reinsurance market in local currency. In 2018, the GOP purchased a second insurance policy, doubling the amount of coverage. The …. The evaluation is also mean t to build the evidence base on parametric insurance and allow for knowledge sharing with …
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Zimbabwe Economic Update, June 2021 : Overcoming Economic Challenges, Natural Disasters, and the Pandemic - Social and Economic Impacts
World Bank Group - 2021
This third edition of the Zimbabwe Economic Update (ZEU) aims to provide both a current and historical background covering the pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic (2020 to April 2021) period. The 2019-2020 period marked a very difficult time for the country as 2019 was clouded by a prolonged...
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