The intended goal of this paper is to expand the IDB's current disaster policy in the area of human-driven disasters …. This paper explores and expands on the definition and scope of "human-driven" disasters in order to strengthen the policy … in its present area of "unexpected" disasters. This paper also discusses risk management financing instruments and …

While the occurrence of natural events can not be prevented, there is a possibility to reduce the vulnerability of … and mitigation measures into development plans and programs and (ii) financial protection, provided by the transferring of …

Natural disasters are an important source of vulnerability in the Caribbean region. Despite being one of the more … disaster-prone areas of the world, it has the lowest levels of insurance coverage. This paper examines the vulnerability of … vulnerability. The paper finds that catastrophic risk insurance significantly improves Belizes debt sustainability. In addition, the …

This paper examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the aftermath of large natural disasters between 1970 and … only 3 percent of the total estimated economic damages caused by the disasters. The main determinants of post-disaster aid … development, country size and stock of foreign reserves. The paper does not find evidence that political considerations or …

This paper examines the short and long-run average causal impact of catastrophic natural disasters on economic growth … constructing synthetic control groups, taking advantage of the fact that the timing of large sudden natural disasters is an … exogenous event. It is found that only extremely large disasters have a negative effect on output, both in the short and long …