Disaster Risk Financing [electronic resource]: A global survey of practices and challenges /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2015.
The publication provides an overview of the disaster risk assessment and financing practices of a broad range of economies relative to guidance elaborated in G20/OECD Framework for Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing. The publications is based on survey responses provided by 29 economies, as well as research undertaken by the OECD and other international organisations, and provides a global overview of the approaches that economies facing various levels of disaster risk and economic development have taken to managing the financial impacts of natural and man-made catastrophes.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references.
Assessment of disaster risks, financial vulnerabilities and the impact of disasters -- Executive summary -- Financial management of disaster risks -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Foreword -- Government compensation, financial assistance arrangements and sovereign risk financing strategies -- Key priorities for strengthening financial resilience -- Private disaster risk financing tools and markets and the need for financial preparedness.
The publication provides an overview of the disaster risk assessment and financing practices of a broad range of economies relative to guidance elaborated in G20/OECD Framework for Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing. The publications is based on survey responses provided by 29 economies, as well as research undertaken by the OECD and other international organisations, and provides a global overview of the approaches that economies facing various levels of disaster risk and economic development have taken to managing the financial impacts of natural and man-made catastrophes.
Risk management
Disasters
Disasters
Disaster relief
Disaster insurance.