GDLN Seminar on Strengthening Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific : Volume 3. Local Government Approaches to Disaster Risk Management: Climate-Resilient Cities

In the GLDN seminar, the recovery procedures in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake and the Asian tsunami were discussed. This introduction to Catastrophe Risk Financing Frameworks seminar provided participants with an understanding of catastrophe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Public Sector Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/16278164/gdln-seminar-strengthening-disaster-risk-management-east-asia-pacific-vol-3-5
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12527
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Summary:In the GLDN seminar, the recovery procedures in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake and the Asian tsunami were discussed. This introduction to Catastrophe Risk Financing Frameworks seminar provided participants with an understanding of catastrophe risk financing frameworks. In addition, it informed participants of new product lines in risk mitigation and risk finance and transfer and shared experiences of Bank-financed projects, including Turkey's Catastrophic Insurance Pool.