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Language: en
Pages: 55
Authors: International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-19 - Publisher: International Monetary Fund

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This paper discusses how countries vulnerable to natural disasters can reduce the associated human and economic cost. Building on earlier work by IMF staff, the
Building Resilience in Developing Countries Vulnerable to Large Natural Disasters
Language: en
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Authors: International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, and Review Department
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

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This paper discusses how countries vulnerable to natural disasters can reduce the associated human and economic cost. Building on earlier work by IMF staff, the
Disaster Resilience
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: National Academies
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-29 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses. Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financial disasters i
Unbreakable
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Authors: Stephane Hallegatte
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'Economic losses from natural disasters totaled $92 billion in 2015.' Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure
Adaptive Social Protection
Language: en
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Authors: Thomas Bowen
Categories: Political Science
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Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural disa