1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154692103321

Autore

Moore Melinda, M.D.

Titolo

Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index / / Melinda Moore [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Santa Monica, California] : , : RAND Corporation, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8330-9611-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

362.1969

Soggetti

Emerging infectious diseases - Prevention

Communicable diseases - Prevention

Diseases - Risk factors

Epidemics - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"National Defense Research Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- ; Chapter 1. Introduction -- ; Chapter 2. Methods -- ; Chapter 3. Developing a Framework to Assess Vulnerability: Framework Foundation: Seven Domains and Associated Factors -- Assembling the Framework and Assigning Weights -- ; Chapter 4. Results: Initial Results -- Results from the Sensitivity Analysis -- Implications of the Findings -- ; Chapter 5. Conclusions and Next Steps -- APPENDIXES -- Abbreviations -- Data Sources -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

"Recent high-profile outbreaks, such as Ebola and Zika, have illustrated the transnational nature of infectious diseases. Countries that are most vulnerable to such outbreaks might be higher priorities for technical support. RAND created the Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index to help U.S. government and international agencies identify these countries and thereby inform programming to preemptively help mitigate the spread and effects of potential transnational outbreaks. The authors employed a rigorous methodology to identify the countries most vulnerable to disease outbreaks. They conducted a comprehensive review of relevant literature to identify factors influencing infectious disease vulnerability. Using widely available data,



the authors created an index for identifying potentially vulnerable countries and then ranked countries by overall vulnerability score. Policymakers should focus on the 25 most-vulnerable countries with an eye toward a potential "disease belt" in the Sahel region of Africa. The infectious disease vulnerability scores for several countries were better than what would have been predicted on the basis of economic status alone. This suggests that low-income countries can overcome economic challenges and become more resilient to public health challenges, such as infectious disease outbreaks"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783640103321

Titolo

Systemic financial crises [[electronic resource] ] : resolving large bank insolvencies / / editors, Douglas D. Evanoff, George G. Kaufman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2005

ISBN

1-281-37258-7

9786611372583

981-256-947-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (474 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EvanoffDouglas Darrell <1951->

KaufmanGeorge G

Disciplina

332.1

Soggetti

Bank failures

Financial crises

Bank failures - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at the seventh annual international conference, held on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; KEYNOTE ADDRESSES; FINANCIAL STABILITY - PROTECTING SOLVENCY; THE COST OF INEFFICIENT RESOLUTION OF LARGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; KEY POLICY CHALLENGES IN FINANCIAL RESOLUTION: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES; KEY POLICY CHALLENGES IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION RESOLUTION: ADDITIONAL COMPLEXITIES; LESSONS FROM CASE STUDIES OF LARGE



INSOLVENCIES; PLANNING FOR EFFICIENT RESOLUTION - WHERE TO FROM HERE?; Agenda; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bank failures, like illness and taxes, are almost a certainty at sometime in the future. What is less certain is their cost to and adverseimplications for macroeconomies. Past failures have frequently beenresolved at very high cost to society. However, the cost could bereduced through having a well-developed, credible and widelypublicized plan ready to put into action by policymakers.