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Bangladesh : Policy Options for Agriculture Insurance
World Bank Group - 2018
Agriculture is a key sector in Bangladesh, but it is highly exposed to risks. While agriculture is a source of employment and livelihood for nearly one in two adults in Bangladesh and contributes about 16 percent to gross domestic product (GDP), it is highly exposed to natural hazards. In the...
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An Employment Guarantee as Risk Insurance? Assessing the Effects of the NREGS on Agricultural Production Decisions
Gehrke, Esther - 2017
Uninsured risk constrains households in their production decisions in many developing countries. Similarly to crop …
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Managing Risk with Insurance and Savings : Experimental Evidence for Male and Female Farm Managers in the Sahel
Delavallade, Clara - 2015
Although there is fast-growing policy interest in offering financial products to help rural households manage risk, the … exposed to yield risk, women face additional sources of lifecycle risk-particularly health risks associated with fertility and … childcare-that men do not. In essence, the basis risk associated with agricultural insurance products is higher for women …
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Modeling uncertainty in large natural resource allocation problems
Cai, Yongyang; Steinbuks, Jevgenijs; Judd, Kenneth L.; … - 2020
The productivity of the world's natural resources is critically dependent on a variety of highly uncertain factors, which obscure individual investors and governments that seek to make long-term, sometimes irreversible investments in their exploration and utilization. These dynamic...
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Measuring natural risks in the Philippines : socioeconomic resilience and wellbeing losses
Walsh, Brian; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2019
Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper … proposes an expanded risk assessment based on a framework that adds socioeconomic resilience and uses wellbeing losses as its … reconstruction process at the household level, this risk assessment provides new insights into disaster risks in the Philippines …
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Macro-financial aspects of climate change
Feyen, Erik; Utz, Robert; Zuccardi Huertas, Igor Esteban; … - 2020
This paper examines the interaction between macro-financial and climate-related risks. It brings together different strands of the literature on climate-related risks and how these relate to macro-financial management and risks. Physical impacts of climate change as well as the transition toward...
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Fiscal Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing Options : Sri Lanka
World Bank Group - 2016
comprehensive disaster risk financing and insurance strategy that would equip the Ministry of Finance with additional instruments to …
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South Asia Climate Change Risks in Water Management : Climate Risks and Solutions - Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development, and Management in South Asia
Hirji, Rafik - 1905
Water management is a key development challenge in South Asia. The region - one of the most densely-populated and climate-vulnerable parts of the world - has the world's fastest growing regional economy and the largest proportion of poorest people. With 23.7 percent of the global population, but...
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Advancing Disaster Risk Finance in Belize
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2018
country-specific comprehensive disaster risk finance (DRF) strategy, based on the assessment of the legislative, financial …
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Advancing Disaster Risk Finance in Grenada
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2018
country-specific comprehensive disaster risk finance (DRF) strategy, based on the assessment of the legislative, financial …
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