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Bermuda; Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sectorâ€”Volume Iâ€”Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This paper assesses the financial sector regulation and supervision in Bermuda in the context of the offshore financial center assessment program. The assessment reveals that the financial, regulatory, and supervisory framework is well developed in banking, the key areas of securities...

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Bermuda; Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

This paper presents an assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation for Bermuda. The Bermudian authorities have made impressive progress in developing and implementing a risk-focused approach to supervision across the range of their sectoral supervisory responsibilities. Full...

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Switzerland; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Factual Update: Insurance Sector Market and Regulatory Developments

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This paper presents a factual update of the Insurance Core Principles including insurance sector market and regulatory developments for Switzerland. Regulatory reforms since 2003 have updated Switzerlandâ€™s regulatory and supervisory regime for the insurance industry to bring it in line...

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Financial Innovation in Property Catastrophe Reinsurance: The Convergence of Insurance and Capital Markets

Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996

The property catastrophe reinsurance industry faces a major challenge. Since 1989, climatic volatility has produced …

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Country Insurance; The Role of Domestic Policies

Mauro, Paolo; Becker, Törbjörn I.; Ostry, Jonathan David - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

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Reduction of disaster vulnerability through Indigenous knowledge

Pathan, Pervez.A; Khan, A. Razzaq; Razzaq, S; Jariko, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Linking indegenious knowledge of the community with modern techniques to mesure, analyse and reduce disaster … local wisdom, knowledge along with modern tools and techniques can give rid from disaster worst situation and can reduce …

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Disaster resilience in a flood-impacted rural Australian town

Boon, Helen - In: Natural Hazards 71 (2014) 1, pp. 683-701

which residents perceived as supporting community resilience to disaster. There is a gap in this research area centred in … the Australian disaster context. Since Australia is predicted to be highly impacted by the effects of climate change in … disaster-impacted localities to inform suitable disaster mitigation and adaptation policies for the future. Because of the …

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Flooding, vulnerability and coping strategies: local responses to a global threat

Few, Roger - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 1, pp. 43-58

Recent scientific outputs suggest that climate change is likely to cause shifts in the global pattern and intensity of flood events, in some regions increasing the exposure of populations to severe flooding. Potential future risks underline the importance of research and intervention work aimed...

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Mapping climate change-caused health risk for integrated city resilience modeling

Owrangi, Amin; Lannigan, Robert; Simonovic, Slobodan - In: Natural Hazards 77 (2015) 1, pp. 67-88

disaster planners and policy makers select mitigation and adaptation measures a priority. The Coastal Cities at Risk (CCaR …

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Using Education to Bring Climate Change Adaptation to Pacific Communities

Vize, Sue - In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development 6 (2012) 2, pp. 219-235

Traditional communities remain a dominant feature in the Pacific and are key players in land and sea management. Fostering improved climate literacy is therefore essential to equip communities to respond to the current and future challenges posed by climate change in the region. Increased...

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