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Fiscal Reform and Improved Earthquake Insurance Claims-paying Capacity: Can the Two Coexist? —Attempting to reconcile heightened earthquake risk with sound fiscal policy—
Oguro, Kazumasa; Hiraizumi, Nobuyuki; Owen, Michael; … - Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of … - 2015
improving the claims-paying capacity of Japan’s earthquake insurance program by using reinsurance, which is currently considered … risk that is currently retained by Japan’s earthquake insurance program into 21 layers, starting with four successive …From the standpoint of reconciling heightened earthquake risk with sound fiscal policy, this paper performs a …
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Disasters, development, and environment
Varley, Ann (contributor) - 1994
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Natural hazards
Chapman, David - 1996 - Repr.
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The role of disaster relief for long term development in LDCs : with special reference to Guatemala after the 1976 earthquake
Abril-Ojeda, Galo - 1982
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Budget Speech 2012-2013: India
Mukherjee, Pranab - eSocialSciences - 2012
Speech of Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance, India. [Budget Speech]. URL:[http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2012-13/bs/bs.pdf].
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Dealing with Increased Risk of Natural Disasters; Challenges and Options
Keen, Michael; Freeman, Paul K.; Mani, Muthukumara - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction. This paper first sets out the key stylized facts in the area-that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to continue to increase, and bear especially heavily on...
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Natural Disasters; Mitigating Impact, Managing Risks
Laframboise, Nicole; Loko, Boileau - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper reviews the literature on the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters and presents the IMF’s role in assisting countries coping with natural catastrophes. Focusing on seven country cases, the paper describes the emergency financing, policy support, and technical assistance...
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Index-Based Risk Financing and Development of Natural Disaster Insurance Programs in Developing Asian Countries
CHANTARAT, Sommarat; PANNANGPETCH, Kirk; PUTTANAPONG, … - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013
This paper explores innovations in index-based risk transfer products (IBRTPs) as a means to address important insurance market imperfections that have precluded the emergence and sustainability of formal insurance markets in developing countries, where uninsured natural disaster risk remains a...
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Mehr Sicherheit durch betrieblichen Katastrophenschutz : das Handbuch für Führungskräfte und BKO-Praktiker
Schramm, Kurt - 1991
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