Documents et rapports
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Disaster risk management and fiscal policy : narratives, tools, and evidence associated with assessing fiscal risk and building resilience (anglais)
This paper addresses the question whether and how co-benefits, through disaster resilience building, can be further promoted. Co-benefits are defined as positive externalities that arise deliberately as...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7635 Date du document: 12 avril 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mechler,Reinhard,Mochizuki,Junko,Hochrainer-Stigler,Stefan
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Assessing the financial vulnerability to climate-related natural hazards (anglais)
National governments are key actors in managing the impacts of extreme weather events, yet many highly exposed developing countries -- faced with exhausted tax bases, high levels of indebtedness, and limited...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5232 Date du document: 1 mars 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mechler,Reinhard,Hochrainer,Stefan,Pflug, Georg,Lotsch,Alexander,Williges, Keith
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Disasters and economic welfare : can national savings help explain post-disaster changes in consumption ? (anglais)
The debate on whether natural disasters cause significant macroeconomic impacts and indeed hinder development is ongoing. Most analyses along these lines have focused on impacts on gross domestic product...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4988 Date du document: 1 juillet 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mechler,Reinhard
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Investigating the Impact of climate change on the robustness of index-based microinsurance in Malawi,Investigating the Impact of climate change on the robustness of index-based microinsurance in Malawi,Investigating the Impact of climate change on the robustness of index-based microinsurance in Malawi (Examiner l'impact du changement climatique sur la robustesse de la micro-assurance indexée au Malawi) (anglais)
This analysis explores the potential impact of climate change on the viability of the Malawi weather insurance program making use of scenarios of climate change-induced variations in rainfall patterns...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4631 Date du document: 1 mai 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hochrainer,Stefan,Lotsch,Alexander,Mechler,Reinhard,Pflug, G.
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Catastrophes and development : integrating natural catastrophes into development planning (anglais)
The paper presents and original approach to estimating the macroeconomic and poverty impacts of catastrophes for planning purposes. By incorporating disasters as a component of macroeconomic projections...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 26279 Date du document: 30 juin 2002 Auteur: Freeman, Paul K.,Martin, Leslie A.,Mechler,Reinhard,Warner, Koko,Hausmann, Peter