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Managing Economic Exposures of Natural Disasters: Exploring Alternative Financial Risk Management Opportunities and Instruments
Andersen, Torben - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
The report makes a general assessment of the need for catastrophe risk transfer in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyzes different ways in which risk transfer can take place in the form of conventional reinsurance contracts as well as newer derivative instruments and risk-linked securities.
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Health Financing Options for Samoa : Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932945
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Natural Disasters Financial Risk Management : Technical and Policy Underpinnings for the Use of Disaster-Linked Financial Instruments in Latin America and the Caribbean
Durante, Juan José; Focke, Kurt S.; Collich, Guillermo J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The Latin American and Caribbean region is highly exposed to natural disasters. The social and economic impact of these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009199131
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Haiti; 2010 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Ex...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
The January 2010 earthquake represented a major setback for Haiti, after several years of improved economic performance. Executive Directors commended the authorities for quickly restoring basic government functions and maintaining sound policies during the crisis. Directors welcomed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242533
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Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932944
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The Production, Distribution, and Performance of Physicians, Nurses, and Midwives in Indonesia: An Update
Anderson, Ian; Meliala, Andreasta; Marzoeki, Puti; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Indonesia launched the national health insurance program - Jaminan Kesehatan National (JKN), on January 1, 2014, and aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2019. Achieving UHC means not only increasing the number of people covered but also expanding the benefits package and ensuring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937834
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Quake'n and Shake'n...Forever! Long-Run Effects of Natural Disasters: A Case Study on the 1970 Ancash Earthquake
Miller, Sebastian; Caruso, Germán - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This study estimates the effects of the 1970 Ancash earthquake on human capital accumulation on the affected and subsequent generation, 37 years after the shock, using the Peruvian censuses of 1993 and 2007. The main finding is that males affected by the earthquake in utero completed on average...
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Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview of Risk
Charvériat, Céline - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
disasters in the region. A first section surveys the human and economic impact of natural disasters in the region at both the … development. A second section reviews types of disasters prevalent in the region, and future disaster risks, as well as the socio …-economic sources of vulnerability to disasters resulting from development and migration patterns. A third section discusses risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944345
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Is Disaster Risk Reduction Spending Driven by the Occurrence of Natural Disasters? Evidence from Peru
Miller, Sebastian; Vela, Mauricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
index of historical physical impacts of natural disasters, social vulnerability, and institutional capacity was created. It … is found that historical impacts of climatological disasters are positively correlated with the per capita amount … received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …
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Haiti; Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access: Staff Report; Staff Statements; Press Release on th...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper presents Haiti’s Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility and request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access. Manufacturing activity would be hit the most, as the largest enterprises, including the important export textile sector, have been...
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