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Lebanon Economic Monitor, Fall 2019 : So When Gravity Beckons, the Poor Don't Fall
World Bank Group - 2019
Lebanon is in Crisis. While it is too early to gauge the economic impact of recent events, it is important to note that even prior to the eruption of the demonstrations, the World Bank projected a small recession in 2019; we now estimate that the recession will be deeper. There has been an...
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Strategic Framework for the Financial Management of Disaster Risk
World Bank Group - 2015
, and the Government of Panama (GoP) is therefore committed to strengthening the financial management of disaster risks …. Actions taken by the GoP in financial management of disaster risk are consistent with law 34 of June 5, 2008, the law on … incorporates a number of important lessons learned from international experience: (i) include disaster risks as part of an …
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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 … of infrastructure, increased or new demands (operational costs) due to the disaster, lost revenues, higher expenditures …
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Investment in Disaster Risk Management in Europe Makes Economic Sense
World Bank Group - 2021
analysis of the costs and benefits of selected disaster risk management (DRM) investments', with the aim to showcase the … benefits of investing in the prevention of disaster risks. The objective of this report is to provide EU Member States …/Participating States (MS/PS) and UCPM members with consolidated analysis and information on the economic value of investing in disaster and …
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Understanding the Needs of Civil Protection Agencies and Opportunities for Scaling up Disaster Risk Management Investments
World Bank Group - 2021
opportunities for civil protection (CP) agencies to leverage investments for disaster prevention and preparedness. This report draws … opportunities from the perspective of fourteen countries with diverse disaster risk management (DRM) systems, financial mechanisms …
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The Impacts of Disaster Risk on Sovereign Asset and Liability Management
World Bank Group - 2021
expenditures and financial risks. Understanding the impacts of disaster risk on sovereign assets and liabilities plays a key part … in understanding the potential impact of sovereign disaster risk finance strategies which allow governments to reduce the … Management (SALM) framework is a new and comprehensive way of looking at the potential impact of a disaster on the public sector …
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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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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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Investment in Disaster Risk Management in Europe Makes Economic Sense : Background Report
World Bank Group - 2021
analysis of the costs and benefits of selected disaster risk management (DRM) investments', with the aim to showcase the … benefits of investing in the prevention of disaster risks. The objective of this report is to provide EU Member States …/Participating States (MS/PS) and UCPM members with consolidated analysis and information on the economic value of investing in disaster and …
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Inclusive Approaches to Disaster Risk Management : A Qualitative Review
World Bank Group - 2022
This report presents a qualitative review of inclusive approaches to disaster risk management (DRM)-a part of the first … stocktaking exercise that the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) conducts to assess lessons learned and …
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