Improving the Resilience of Livelihoods to Natural Disasters

Earthquakes, floods, cyclones, and such other hazards each year affect approximately 200 million people. Developing countries absorbed 98 percent of these disasters and accounted for nine out of ten disaster-related deaths in the period 1991-2005....

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Main Author:	Poundrik, Sandeep
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESSIBLE BANKING ACCIDENTAL DEATH AGENTS ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT BANKING SERVICES BANKS BENEFICIARIES BONDING BUSINESS PLAN CAPACITY BUILDING CASH ACCOUNT CASUALTIES CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE CATASTROPHIC LOSSES CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMISSIONERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONTINGENCY PLANS COVERAGE CREDIT GROUPS CREDIT LIMITS CREDIT PROGRAMS CROP INSURANCE CUSTOMER BASE DEBIT CARD DEBT DELIVERY MECHANISM DELIVERY MECHANISMS DEPOSIT DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DISABLED DISASTER DISASTER INSURANCE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPARATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PRONE AREA DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RESPONSES DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTER-AFFECTED POPULATIONS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC CRISIS EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY LOAN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPOWERMENT ENROLLMENT EQUAL ACCESS EQUITABLE ACCESS ERUPTION EVACUATION EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION FACILITATION FAMILIES FARMERS FATALITIES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL MEASURES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL RISK FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL RESOURCES FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FOOD DISTRIBUTION FORMAL BANKING FUNDING SOURCES GENDER GOVERNMENT FUNDING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH RISKS HEAT WAVES HOMEOWNERS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HURRICANE HURRICANES IMPACT OF DISASTERS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SHARING INSTALLMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INSURANCE AGENCIES INSURANCE BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE FUNDS INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURANCE POLICIES INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE PRODUCTS INSURANCE SYSTEM INTEREST RATES LABOR MARKET LIFE INSURANCE LIVESTOCK INSURANCE LOAN LOAN RECOVERY MARKETING STRATEGY MFI MFIS MICRO FINANCE MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE MIGRANT REMITTANCE MIGRANT WORKERS MONEYLENDERS MORAL HAZARD NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL PHENOMENON NUTRITION PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES PROGRAMS RECONSTRUCTION RED TAPE RELIEF RELIEF MATERIALS RELIEF OPERATIONS REMITTANCES REPAYMENT RESCUE RESERVES RISK ASSESSMENT RISK EXPOSURE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION RISK REDUCTION SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SANCTION SANCTIONS SAVINGS SAVINGS PRODUCTS SCHOLARSHIP SLUMS SMART MONEY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOURCE OF INCOME SOURCES OF INCOME STORM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TSUNAMI URBAN DEVELOPMENT VICTIMS VILLAGE VILLAGE FUND VOLCANO VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS VULNERABLE GROUPS
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Improving the Resilience of Livelihoods to Natural Disasters

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