"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …, although it can offer some risk reduction at commonly observed low levels of non-deposit funding. A sizeable proportion of …

"The most basic argument for insurance is that it reduces financial risk. But since insurance opens up new … patient, it is not immediately obvious that insurance will in practice reduce financial risk. The authors analyze the effect … surveys-one a cross-section survey, the other two panel surveys. All come from China, a country where providers have until …

The Drought Risk and Resilience Assessment (DRRA) offers a structured methodology for evaluating drought risk and … overall drought risk by analyzing past and future drought hazards, impacts, and vulnerabilities, followed by a gap analysis of … drought risk and enhance resilience. The DRRA is adaptable to different country contexts, leveraging existing data and …

-responsive is a key strategic pillar of the government’s Disaster Risk Financing Strategy. The SCTP scalable mechanism was first …

critical to ramp up the institutional capacity and policies for a comprehensive disaster risk management program and to improve … coordination between oversight and implementing agencies through upgraded legislation with disaster risk reduction measures while … demonstrated that a whole-of-government approach is critical for meaningful results in a multi-sectoral engagement on disaster risk …

the risk of new COVID-19 waves and the emergence of new variants remains critical and will require both domestic and …