A Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Risk Transfer : Toward Concrete Action in South Asia and East Asia and the Pacific

This is a summary report of the South Asia Region and the East Asia Pacific regions training workshop from April 28-30, 2008 on the importance of disaster risk reduction and risk transfer including major concepts, models, and various applications of disaster risk reduction around the globe. This report represents an analysis and summary of the main presentations made during the course of the workshop. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the major points of discussion and an overview of the salient issues that emerged during the event. Specific policy recommendations are also outlined here which will serve as an important instrument for relevant Bank projects and client governments facing issues of how to mainstream disaster risk reduction practices into development initiatives.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-05
Subjects:	ACCIDENTS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE, APPLICATIONS, BENEFICIARIES, BUILDING CODE, BUILDING CODES, CAPITAL MARKETS, CASUALTIES, CATASTROPHE REINSURANCE, CATASTROPHES, CATASTROPHIC EVENT, CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, CATASTROPHIC LOSSES, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONDITIONS OF COVERAGE, CONTINGENCY PLANNING, COVERAGE, CRED, CREDIT RISK, CROP INSURANCE, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, DAMAGES, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION, DECLARATION, DEVASTATION, DISASTER, DISASTER AID, DISASTER ASSISTANCE, DISASTER EMERGENCIES, DISASTER EVENT, DISASTER EVENTS, DISASTER INSURANCE, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, DISASTER MITIGATION, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER PRONE AREAS, DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION, DISASTER RECOVERY, DISASTER RELIEF, DISASTER RESPONSE, DISASTER RISK, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DISASTER RISKS, DISASTER-PRONE COUNTRIES, DISASTERS, DOCUMENTS, DROUGHT, DROUGHTS, EARLY WARNING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION, EARTHQUAKES, ECONOMIC RISK, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY OPERATION, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY RECOVERY, EMERGENCY RECOVERY ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY RECOVERY LOANS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, EMERGING MARKETS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ETHNIC GROUPS, EVACUATION, EXTREME EVENTS, FARMERS, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FIRE, FIRST AID, FLOOD, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOOD SECURITY, HOUSING, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, HURRICANE, HURRICANES, IMPACT OF DISASTERS, INDEMNITY, INDEMNITY INSURANCE, INSURANCE, INSURANCE COMPANIES, INSURANCE CONTRACTS, INSURANCE COVERAGE, INSURANCE INDUSTRY, INSURANCE PREMIUMS, INSURANCE PRODUCTS, INSURERS, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION, LAND USE, LANDSLIDE, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGISLATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MICROINSURANCE, MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, MITIGATION MEASURES, NATIONAL EMERGENCY, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL HAZARDS, NATURAL RESOURCES, PENSION FUNDS, PHYSICAL DAMAGE, POLICY FRAMEWORKS, PRIVATE INSURANCE, PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC INSURANCE, RATES, RECOVERY OPERATIONS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REHABILITATION PROGRAM, REINSURANCE, REINSURANCE COMPANIES, REINSURANCE MARKETS, REINSURER, RELIEF, RESERVES, RESPONSE TO DISASTER, RISK ANALYSIS, RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK ASSESSMENTS, RISK EXPOSURE, RISK INSURANCE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES, RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT, RISK MANAGEMENT WORK, RISK MITIGATION, RISK PROFILES, RISK TRANSFER, SAFETY, SAFETY NETS, SEARCH AND RESCUE, SECURITIES, SELF INSURANCE, STORM, STORMS, SUSTAINABILITY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSACTION COSTS, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMIS, TYPHOON, TYPHOONS, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS, WAGES, WARS, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/16280990/workshop-disaster-risk-reduction-risk-transfer-toward-concrete-action-south-asia-east-asia-pacific-summary-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12546
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