Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Assessing City Disaster Risk -- Purpose of risk modeling -- Modeling approach -- City-level risk profiles -- 3 Existing City Government...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Sector Assessment: Development and Strategic Issues -- Sector Overview -- Microfinance Development in the Philippines -- Insurance Industry in the Philippines -- Microfinance Sector Assessment --...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. A Framework for Understanding the Rural ICT Center Challenge -- A Common Objective -- Sustainability, Resilience, and Impact -- The Rural...

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figure and Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 Incentives for Disaster Risk Reduction -- What Are Incentives? -- How Are Incentives Used in the Case Study Urban Areas? -- 4 Designing an Incentive Program for Disaster Risk...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The Philippines has a large stake in climate change -- 1.2 Greenhouse gas emissions are low but rising rapidly -- 1.3 Energy supply is...