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Planning and Financial Protection to Survive Disasters
Keipi, Kari; Tyson, Justin - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
While the occurrence of natural events can not be prevented, there is a possibility to reduce the vulnerability of populations through risk management. The IDB Action Plan for natural disaster risk reduction of 2000 included recommendations in two important areas: (i) planning with the purpose...
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National Systems and Institutional Mechanisms for the Comprehensive Management of Disaster Risk: Phase 1
Freeman, Paul; Martin, Leslie A.; Linnerooth-Bayer, Joanne - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
of national systems. This paper was presented at the Regional Policy Dialogue's First Meeting of the Natural Disasters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193800
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Evaluación de la política y la práctica operativa del Banco frente a desastres naturales e inesperados Title: Evaluation of the Bank's Policy and Operational Practice Related to Na...
Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano …; … - 2004
consecuencia, para el propio Banco.Abstract: he report covers OP-704 (approved in 1998), the IDB Action Plan on Natural Disasters … undertaken by the Bank between 1995 and 2002. The report demonstrates that natural disasters pose great challenges to most of the … need in this situation to manage the risks from natural disasters with a view to reducing losses. At the same time, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673655
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Innovative Financial Instruments for Natural Disaster Risk Management
Andersen, Torben - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
instruments that make it possible to continue to respond to the impacts of recurrent natural disasters. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205698
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Potential Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy Elements for Ecuador
Inter-American Development Bank; Sun Mountain … - 2006
The study details social, environmental, and resilience vulnerabilities, as well as financial activities that could have a strong, macroeconomic impact on Ecuador. It also considers potential social and environmental losses at the local and national levels, including the institutional dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206041
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Strategies and Financial Instruments for Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean
Miller, Stuart; Keipi, Kari - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
jointly used to reduce the economic impact of disasters on sovereign governments and the IDB. Opportunities and instruments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216179
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Disaster Risk Management by Communities and Local Governments
Bollin, Christina; Cárdenas, Camilo; Hahn, Herwig; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
Disasters Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue, and was presented during its 3rd Meeting, on March 6 and 7, 2003. The goal of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216214
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A Matter of Development: How to Reduce Vulnerability in the Face of Natural Disasters
America, Economic Commission for Latin; Caribbean, the - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2000
and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for the "Confronting Natural Disasters: A Matter of Development" Seminar held in New Orleans on … natural disasters, but also to achieve sustainable development. This document deals with vulnerability reduction and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216215
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Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean through Environmental Management and the Use of Economic Instruments
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004
instruments for environmental and natural resource management; 3) Strategic actions to reduce the risk of disasters by means of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294053
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Indicators for Disaster Risk and Risk Management: Programme for Latin-America and The Caribbean: Belize
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2011
This documents contains Disaster Risk and Disaster Management indicators for Belize calculated according to the methodology developed by the Bank. This System of Indicators had three specific objectives: i) improvement in the use and presentation of information on risk. This assists policymakers...
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