Rapid Onset Natural Disasters: The Role of Financing in Effective Risk Management

The authors provide a conceptual framework for designing a comprehensive risk management strategy for rapid onset natural disasters at the country level, with a particular emphasis on the role of catastrophe loss funding. The authors discuss the ke...

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Main Authors: Gurenko, Eugene, Lester, Rodney
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3546324/rapid-onset-natural-disasters-role-financing-effective-risk-management
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spelling okr-10986-142962021-04-23T14:03:20Z Rapid Onset Natural Disasters: The Role of Financing in Effective Risk Management Gurenko, Eugene Lester, Rodney ACCOUNTING ANALYTICAL APPROACH BONDS CANCER CATASTROPHE LOSS CATASTROPHES CATASTROPHIC RISKS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS CONTINGENT LIABILITIES CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS COST OF CAPITAL DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER INFORMATION DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTERS EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC INCENTIVES EMERGING MARKETS EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES FLOOD INSURANCE FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOOD VICTIMS FLOODING FLOODS HEALTH SERVICES HOUSING INCOME INFLATION INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE MARKETS INSURANCE POOLS INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE PRODUCTS INSURANCE SYSTEM INSURANCE SYSTEMS INSURERS LAWS LEGISLATION MANDATES MARKET INSTRUMENTS MARKET RISK MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT MARKET VALUE MITIGATION MEASURES MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS PENALTIES POLICYHOLDERS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES PRIVATE REINSURANCE PROGRAMS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES RATES REINSURANCE REINSURANCE COMPANIES REINSURANCE MARKETS REINSURERS RELIEF RESERVES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETIREMENT RISK ANALYSIS RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MEASUREMENT RISK MITIGATION RISK PREMIUM RISK REDUCTION RISK TRANSFER SAFETY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TENTS TERRORISM UNDERWRITING URBAN DEVELOPMENT VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS NATURAL DISASTERS RISK MANAGEMENT CATASTROPHE LOSS CATASTROPHIC RISKS RISK RISK TRANSFER ECONOMIES POLITICAL ECONOMY The authors provide a conceptual framework for designing a comprehensive risk management strategy for rapid onset natural disasters at the country level, with a particular emphasis on the role of catastrophe loss funding. The authors discuss the key policy and technical issues involved in building financially sustainable catastrophe risk transfer and funding programs in disaster prone countries and their links to risk mitigation. They also deal with the cognitive and political economy issues that are likely to arise and ways to accommodate them. 2013-07-01T14:42:03Z 2013-07-01T14:42:03Z 2004-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3546324/rapid-onset-natural-disasters-role-financing-effective-risk-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14296 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3278 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTING
ANALYTICAL APPROACH
BONDS
CANCER
CATASTROPHE LOSS
CATASTROPHES
CATASTROPHIC RISKS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONSUMERS
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS
COST OF CAPITAL
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER INFORMATION
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES
DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTERS
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
EMERGING MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURES
FLOOD INSURANCE
FLOOD PRONE AREAS
FLOOD VICTIMS
FLOODING
FLOODS
HEALTH SERVICES
HOUSING
INCOME
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE MARKETS
INSURANCE POOLS
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INSURANCE PRODUCTS
INSURANCE SYSTEM
INSURANCE SYSTEMS
INSURERS
LAWS
LEGISLATION
MANDATES
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET RISK
MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT
MARKET VALUE
MITIGATION MEASURES
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
PENALTIES
POLICYHOLDERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES
PRIVATE REINSURANCE
PROGRAMS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RATES
REINSURANCE
REINSURANCE COMPANIES
REINSURANCE MARKETS
REINSURERS
RELIEF
RESERVES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETIREMENT
RISK ANALYSIS
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MEASUREMENT
RISK MITIGATION
RISK PREMIUM
RISK REDUCTION
RISK TRANSFER
SAFETY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TENTS
TERRORISM
UNDERWRITING
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS NATURAL DISASTERS
RISK MANAGEMENT
CATASTROPHE LOSS
CATASTROPHIC RISKS
RISK
RISK TRANSFER
ECONOMIES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ANALYTICAL APPROACH
BONDS
CANCER
CATASTROPHE LOSS
CATASTROPHES
CATASTROPHIC RISKS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONSUMERS
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS
COST OF CAPITAL
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER INFORMATION
DISASTER MITIGATION
DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES
DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTERS
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
EMERGING MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURES
FLOOD INSURANCE
FLOOD PRONE AREAS
FLOOD VICTIMS
FLOODING
FLOODS
HEALTH SERVICES
HOUSING
INCOME
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE MARKETS
INSURANCE POOLS
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INSURANCE PRODUCTS
INSURANCE SYSTEM
INSURANCE SYSTEMS
INSURERS
LAWS
LEGISLATION
MANDATES
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET RISK
MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT
MARKET VALUE
MITIGATION MEASURES
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
PENALTIES
POLICYHOLDERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES
PRIVATE REINSURANCE
PROGRAMS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RATES
REINSURANCE
REINSURANCE COMPANIES
REINSURANCE MARKETS
REINSURERS
RELIEF
RESERVES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETIREMENT
RISK ANALYSIS
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MEASUREMENT
RISK MITIGATION
RISK PREMIUM
RISK REDUCTION
RISK TRANSFER
SAFETY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TENTS
TERRORISM
UNDERWRITING
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS NATURAL DISASTERS
RISK MANAGEMENT
CATASTROPHE LOSS
CATASTROPHIC RISKS
RISK
RISK TRANSFER
ECONOMIES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
Gurenko, Eugene
Lester, Rodney
Rapid Onset Natural Disasters: The Role of Financing in Effective Risk Management
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No.3278
description The authors provide a conceptual framework for designing a comprehensive risk management strategy for rapid onset natural disasters at the country level, with a particular emphasis on the role of catastrophe loss funding. The authors discuss the key policy and technical issues involved in building financially sustainable catastrophe risk transfer and funding programs in disaster prone countries and their links to risk mitigation. They also deal with the cognitive and political economy issues that are likely to arise and ways to accommodate them.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Gurenko, Eugene
Lester, Rodney
author_facet Gurenko, Eugene
Lester, Rodney
author_sort Gurenko, Eugene
title Rapid Onset Natural Disasters: The Role of Financing in Effective Risk Management
title_short Rapid Onset Natural Disasters: The Role of Financing in Effective Risk Management
title_full Rapid Onset Natural Disasters: The Role of Financing in Effective Risk Management
title_fullStr Rapid Onset Natural Disasters: The Role of Financing in Effective Risk Management
title_full_unstemmed Rapid Onset Natural Disasters: The Role of Financing in Effective Risk Management
title_sort rapid onset natural disasters: the role of financing in effective risk management
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3546324/rapid-onset-natural-disasters-role-financing-effective-risk-management
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