Dealing with Increased Risk of Natural Disasters : Challenges and Options /

Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction. This paper first sets out the key stylized facts in the area-that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to continue to increase, and bear especially heavily on the...

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Autore principale: Keen, Michael
Altri autori: Freeman, Paul, Mani, Muthukumara
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/197
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF