an objective view of the impact of FIRST funded projects on the growth in insurance markets as measured by insurance … have led to a change in the insurance premiums as a percentage of GDP. The paper showcases in section three, the dynamic … view and multipronged approaches to the insurance market development by highlighting country case studies, with different …

Biodiversity loss will be an increasingly important source of risk and opportunity for the insurance sector. The … will be a key aspect of meeting the targets set by the Paris Agreement. Insurance companies will be impacted by …. Insurance can promote investment in biodiversity in three ways: (i) asset protection, (ii) liability reduction, and (iii …

electronic payments- is crucial for financial inclusion, but firms and individuals also need access to credit, insurance, long … across the world. The survey identified expanded access to finance for firms and individuals and strengthened competition as …

the World Bank's recent World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation …

The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature― and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world’s tropical forests, but the …

Following the Herat province (Western Afghanistan) earthquake sequence of October 7 to 15, 2023, the World Bank carried … out a remote desk-based assessment of the physical damages using the Global RApid post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE …

, Myanmar. Given the fragile and conflict-affected situation with limited access in Myanmar, the World Bank has adopted the … Global RApid post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology to estimate damages arising from Cyclone Mocha. GRADE is a …

Transition to a new world order with more diffuse distribution of economic power is under way. This first edition of a … new World Bank flagship report, 'Global Development Horizons 2011', focuses on three major international economic trends …