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Catastrophe Risk Management Using Alternative Risk Financing and Insurance Pooling Mechanisms

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Publisher The World Bank Group
Publisher Registration Direct Access
Topics Date added 21 Feb 2001
Downloads 1 Format 488.0KB PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5

The report critically examines the current financial and insurance institutions in both emerging and developed economies, to local industries, domestic insurance companies, households, international re-insurers, and governments, through the use of more optimally structured risk sharing arrangements. The conclusion, based on the evidence, is that market arrangements can better channel and fund these risks, with governments and multilateral institutions supporting the development of self-sustaining structures.

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