Financial Protection Against Natural Disasters : An Operational Framework for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance

The primary objective of this report is to take stock of the global progress on financial protection against natural disasters over the last decade and bring together the latest thinking on disaster risk financing and insurance. Disaster risk finan...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	Natural disasters Disaster risk management Disaster risk financing Disaster insurance Hyogo Framework public financial management Firnancial resilience
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24156733/financial-protection-against-natural-disasters-products-comprehensive-strategies-operational-framework-disaster-risk-financing-insurance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21725

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spelling	okr-10986-217252021-04-23T14:04:04Z Financial Protection Against Natural Disasters : An Operational Framework for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance World Bank Group Natural disasters Disaster risk management Disaster risk financing Disaster insurance Hyogo Framework public financial management Firnancial resilience The primary objective of this report is to take stock of the global progress on financial protection against natural disasters over the last decade and bring together the latest thinking on disaster risk financing and insurance. Disaster risk financing and insurance helps minimize the cost and optimize the timing of meeting post-disaster funding needs without compromising development goals, fiscal stability, or wellbeing. Financial protection requires strong leadership by a country's ministry of finance. Disaster risk financing and insurance brings together disaster risk management, fiscal risk and budget management, public finance, private sector development, and social protection. While simple measures can quickly support improved financial protection, more complex financial solutions and institutional change require technical expertise and political will. 2015-04-13T17:16:37Z 2015-04-13T17:16:37Z 2014 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24156733/financial-protection-against-natural-disasters-products-comprehensive-strategies-operational-framework-disaster-risk-financing-insurance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21725 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic	Natural disasters Disaster risk management Disaster risk financing Disaster insurance Hyogo Framework public financial management Firnancial resilience
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description	The primary objective of this report is to take stock of the global progress on financial protection against natural disasters over the last decade and bring together the latest thinking on disaster risk financing and insurance. Disaster risk financing and insurance helps minimize the cost and optimize the timing of meeting post-disaster funding needs without compromising development goals, fiscal stability, or wellbeing. Financial protection requires strong leadership by a country's ministry of finance. Disaster risk financing and insurance brings together disaster risk management, fiscal risk and budget management, public finance, private sector development, and social protection. While simple measures can quickly support improved financial protection, more complex financial solutions and institutional change require technical expertise and political will.
format	Publications & Research
author	World Bank Group
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title	Financial Protection Against Natural Disasters : An Operational Framework for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
title_short	Financial Protection Against Natural Disasters : An Operational Framework for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
title_full	Financial Protection Against Natural Disasters : An Operational Framework for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
title_fullStr	Financial Protection Against Natural Disasters : An Operational Framework for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
title_full_unstemmed	Financial Protection Against Natural Disasters : An Operational Framework for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
title_sort	financial protection against natural disasters : an operational framework for disaster risk financing and insurance
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24156733/financial-protection-against-natural-disasters-products-comprehensive-strategies-operational-framework-disaster-risk-financing-insurance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21725
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Financial Protection Against Natural Disasters : An Operational Framework for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance

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