A Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Risk Transfer : Toward Concrete Action in South Asia and East Asia and the Pacific

This is a summary report of the South Asia Region and the East Asia Pacific regions training workshop from April 28-30, 2008 on the importance of disaster risk reduction and risk transfer including major concepts, models, and various applications o...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE APPLICATIONS BENEFICIARIES BUILDING CODE BUILDING CODES CAPITAL MARKETS CASUALTIES CATASTROPHE REINSURANCE CATASTROPHES CATASTROPHIC EVENT CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CATASTROPHIC LOSSES CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS OF COVERAGE CONTINGENCY PLANNING COVERAGE CRED CREDIT RISK CROP INSURANCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGES DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DECLARATION DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER AID DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER EMERGENCIES DISASTER EVENT DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER INSURANCE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PRONE AREAS DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTER-PRONE COUNTRIES DISASTERS DOCUMENTS DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC RISK EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY OPERATION EMERGENCY OPERATIONS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RECOVERY EMERGENCY RECOVERY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RECOVERY LOANS EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS EMERGING MARKETS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ETHNIC GROUPS EVACUATION EXTREME EVENTS FARMERS FINANCIAL MARKETS FIRE FIRST AID FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY HOUSING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE HURRICANE HURRICANES IMPACT OF DISASTERS INDEMNITY INDEMNITY INSURANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE PRODUCTS INSURERS INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION LAND USE LANDSLIDE LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MICROINSURANCE MINISTRIES OF FINANCE MITIGATION MEASURES NATIONAL EMERGENCY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCES PENSION FUNDS PHYSICAL DAMAGE POLICY FRAMEWORKS PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES PROGRAMS PUBLIC INSURANCE RATES RECOVERY OPERATIONS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REHABILITATION PROGRAM REINSURANCE REINSURANCE COMPANIES REINSURANCE MARKETS REINSURER RELIEF RESERVES RESPONSE TO DISASTER RISK ANALYSIS RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENTS RISK EXPOSURE RISK INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT WORK RISK MITIGATION RISK PROFILES RISK TRANSFER SAFETY SAFETY NETS SEARCH AND RESCUE SECURITIES SELF INSURANCE STORM STORMS SUSTAINABILITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS TYPHOON TYPHOONS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS WAGES WARS WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/16280990/workshop-disaster-risk-reduction-risk-transfer-toward-concrete-action-south-asia-east-asia-pacific-summary-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12546

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Summary:	This is a summary report of the South Asia Region and the East Asia Pacific regions training workshop from April 28-30, 2008 on the importance of disaster risk reduction and risk transfer including major concepts, models, and various applications of disaster risk reduction around the globe. This report represents an analysis and summary of the main presentations made during the course of the workshop. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the major points of discussion and an overview of the salient issues that emerged during the event. Specific policy recommendations are also outlined here which will serve as an important instrument for relevant Bank projects and client governments facing issues of how to mainstream disaster risk reduction practices into development initiatives.

A Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Risk Transfer : Toward Concrete Action in South Asia and East Asia and the Pacific

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