Financial and fiscal instruments for catastrophe risk management : addressing the losses from flood hazards in Central Europe /

This applied study addresses the large flood exposures of Central Europe and proposes efficient financial and risk transfer mechanisms to mitigate fiscal losses from such natural catastrophes. In 2010 the V-4 Visegrad countries (i.e., Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia) demonstrated their...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pollner, John D., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington D.C. : World Bank, ©2012.
Series:World Bank e-Library.
Subjects:
Financial risk management > Europe, Central.
Disaster insurance > Europe, Central.
Floods > Europe, Central.
Finances > Gestion du risque > Europe centrale.
Assurance contre les catastrophes > Europe centrale.
Inondations > Europe centrale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Insurance > Casualty.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Insurance > Property.
Disaster insurance
Financial risk management
Floods
Central Europe
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Risk analysis & financial instruments for managing catastrophe exposures
  • Central and Eastern Europe catastrophe exposure and vulnerability
  • Modeling for losses correlated to flood magnitude triggers
  • Private insurance markets and public disaster financing mechanisms
  • Fiscal sustainability effects of natural disaster shocks
  • Overall conclusions of the report
  • Bibliography.

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