Documents et rapports

360° Resilience : A Guide to Prepare the Caribbean for a New Generation of Shocks – Mangroves as a Coastal Protection of Local Economic Activities from Hurricanes in the Caribbean (anglais)

In recent decades, hurricane frequency and intensity have increased in the Caribbean basin. From 2000 to 2012, more than 100 hurricanes impacted lives, infrastructure, gross domestic product, and natural...

Assessing the Impact of Extreme Events on Poverty in the Dominican Republic (anglais)

The report presents tabular and graphical presentation of: windstorm and flood affected municipalities in Dominican Republic 2001 - 2012; main model; main model - clustering; main model - other tested...

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation into Local Development Planningin Zimbabwe (Vol. 4 of 4) : Early Warning System and Serve People at the Community Level (anglais)

Target area context: Kariba district is unique in Zimbabwe, in that it comprises two distinct administrative areas, Kariba Urban and Kariba Rural. Kariba Urban (i.e. Kariba town) is the official District...

Mangroves for Coastal Protection : Evidence from Hurricanes in Central America (anglais)

This paper evaluates whether mangroves can mitigate the impact of hurricanes on economic activity. The paper assembles a new, regionwide panel data set that measures local economic activity using nightlights...

Guía de Buenas Prácticas para el Desarrollo Eólico en Argentina : Gestión de Impactos en Aves y Murciélagos (espagnol)

The Overview of Existing Silvicultural Approaches Under the Influence of Adverse Weather Phenomena and Recommendations for Increasing the Forest Resilience to High Wind Events in Belarus (anglais)

The main objective of the work is to study the experience of reforestation, the restoration ofwindblows of 2016 and the development of recommendations for improving the work and increasingthe resistance...

The Overview of Existing Silvicultural Approaches Under the Influence of Adverse Weather Phenomena and Recommendations for Increasing the Forest Resilience to High Wind Events in Belarus (russe)

The main objective of the work is to study the experience of reforestation, the restoration ofwindblows of 2016 and the development of recommendations for improving the work and increasingthe resistance...

Understanding the impact of windstorms on economic activity from night lights in Central America (anglais)

Central America is particularly prone to tropical storms and hurricanes. The prevailing conditions of poverty and socioeconomic inequality in most countries of the region make their exposed population...

Weathering storms : understanding the impact of natural disasters on the poor in Central America (anglais)

In the past decades, natural disasters have caused substantial human and economic losses in Central America, with strong adverse impacts on gross domestic product per capita, income, and poverty reduction...

Jamaica - Weather insurance for the coffee sector feasibility study (anglais)

The present report is intended as a technical, organizational and financial summary of the feasibility study to review options and to make decisions on whether or not this program meets the needs of the...

Russian Federation - Hydrometerological System Modernization Project : P082239 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 12 (anglais)

Russian Federation - Hydrometerological System Modernization Project : P082239 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 11 (anglais)

Review of public and private disaster risk financing mechanisms in Central Europe (anglais)

This study comprises a review of government post-disaster safety nets as well as those provided by the private insurance market in four countries of Central Europe, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary...

Introduction to reinsurance (anglais)

Reinsurance is a financial transaction by which risk is transferred from an insurance company to a reinsurance company in exchange of a payment (reinsurance premium). Providers of reinsurance are professional...

Catastrophe risk pricing : an empirical analysis (anglais)

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...

Wind energy resource atlas of Southeast Asia (anglais)

The Wind Energy Resource Atlas of Southeast Asia covers four countries: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The purpose of the atlas is to facilitate the development of wind energy both for utility-scale...

Forecasting world banana trade flows (anglais)

Projections of import demand for bananas for 18 importing countries and calculations of banana exports of 24 exporting countries, are made. One of the most important characteristics of bananas from an...