Catastrophe risk management
Subtitle: using alternative risk financing and insurance pooling mechanisms
By: John D. Pollner.
Contributors: World Bank. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office. Finance, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Dept.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2560; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2560.
Publisher: World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Finance, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Sector Unit
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Insurance, Disaster -- Caribbean Area; Risk management -- Caribbean Area; Reinsurance -- Caribbean Area
Other titles: Using alternative risk financing and insurance pooling mechanisms
Description: In providing support for disaster-prone areas such as the Caribbean, the development community has begun to progress from disaster reconstruction assistance to funding for investment in mitigation as an explicit tool for sustainable development. Now it must enter a new phase, applying risk transfer mechanisms to address the financial risk of exposure to catastrophic events that require funding beyond what can be controlled solely through mitigation and physical measures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126).
Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 17, 2002.
"February 2001"--Cover.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.