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Potential for Application of a Probabilistic Catastrophe Risk Modelling Framework to Poverty Outcomes : General Form Vulnerability Functions Relating Household Poverty Outcomes to Hazard Intensity in Ethiopia

Porter, Catherine; White, Emily - 2016

This paper analyzes the potential to combine catastrophe risk modelling (CAT risk modeling) with economic analysis of vulnerability to poverty using the example of drought hazard impacts on the welfare of rural households in Ethiopia. The aim is to determine the potential for applying a derived...

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Use of Catastrophe Risk Models in Assessing Sovereign Food Security for Risk Transfer

Hohl, Roman; Sharma, Mohan - 2015

This paper discusses how catastrophe crop risk models can be used to assess food security needs at the sovereign level for the purpose of risk transfer. The rationale for a system to evaluate food security needs at the national level is discussed. The role of technology and remote sensing data...

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Linking Risk Models to Microeconomic Indicators

Anttila‐Hughes, Jesse; Sharma, Mohan - 2015

of assets subject to a baseline level of disaster risk. While cat risk models are used extensively by the insurance and … damages in influencing total disaster costs, and issues related to generalizing disaster response functions across different … domains. The paper ends by noting the large discrepancy between the current state of the literature on disaster impacts on …

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Catastrophe Risk Pricing : An Empirical Analysis

Lane, Morton; Mahul, Olivier - 2012

The price of catastrophe risks is viewed by many to be too high and/or too volatile. Catastrophe risk practitioners point out that, contrary to standard insurance, such as automobile insurance, catastrophe re-insurance is exposed to infrequent but potentially very large losses. It thus requires...

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Catastrophe Risk Management : Using Alternative Risk Financing and Insurance Pooling Mechanisms

Pollner, John D. - 2001

integrity of any participatory insurance scheme for providing risk management in disaster-prone areas such as the Caribbean: 1 …

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The 2007 Meltdown in Structured Securitization : Searching for Lessons, Not Scapegoats

Caprio, Gerard, Jr.; Demirg????-Kunt, Asl??; Kane, Edward J. - 2012

attention from the underlying breakdown of incentives. Incentive conflicts explain how securitization went wrong, why credit …

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Development Financing during a Crisis : Securitization of Future Receivables

Ketkar, Suhas L.; Ratha, Dilip K. - 2001

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Mortgage Securities in Emerging Markets

Chiquier, Lo??c; Hassler, Olivier; Lea, Michael J. - 2013

Despite its recognized economic and social importance, housing finance often remains underdeveloped in emerging economies. Residential lending remains small, poorly accessible, and depository-based. Lenders remain vulnerable to significant credit, liquidity, and interest rate risks. As a result,...

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Weather Index Insurance and Shock Coping : Evidence from Mexico's CADENA Program

Ramirez Ritchie, Elizabeth; Sadoulet, Elisabeth; De … - 2016

Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in developing countries. Weather index insurance has emerged as a possible tool for overcoming these challenges. This paper provides evidence on the impact of weather index insurance from a...

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Insurance Risk Transfer and Categorization of Reinsurance Contracts

Gurenko, Eugene N.; Itigin, Alexander; Wiechert, Renate - 2013

Despite the existence of numerous quantitative approaches to the categorization of financial reinsurance contracts, often insurance regulators may find the practical implementation of the task to be technically challenging. This research paper develops a simple, affordable, and robust regulatory...

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