Insuring Public Finances Against Natural Disasters : A Survey of Options and Recent Initiatives /

Natural disasters can put severe strain on public finances, in particular in developing and small countries. But catastrophe insurance markets increasingly offer opportunities for the transfer of such risks. Thus far, developing countries have only tepidly begun to tap these opportunities. More freq...

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Autor Principal: Hofman, David
Outros autores: Brukoff, Patricia
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/199
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF