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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788404103321

Autore

Hofman David

Titolo

Insuring Public Finances Against Natural Disasters : : A Survey of Options and Recent Initiatives / / David Hofman, Patricia Brukoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-1044-3

1-4527-8949-5

1-283-51499-0

9786613827449

1-4519-9215-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (24 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

BrukoffPatricia

Soggetti

Finance, Public

Natural disasters - Economic aspects

Finance: General

Insurance

Investments: Bonds

Industries: Financial Services

Natural Disasters

International Financial Markets

Insurance Companies

Actuarial Studies

Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: General

Public Goods

Economic Development: General

Climate

Natural Disasters and Their Management

Global Warming

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Financial Instruments

Institutional Investors

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Insurance & actuarial studies

Finance

Natural disasters

Investment & securities

Insurance companies



Bonds

International capital markets

Financial institutions

Environment

Financial markets

Capital market

Taiwan Province of China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"August 2006".

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. FISCAL PRESSURES AND INSURANCE: OVERVIEW""; ""III. MODALITIES OF INSURANCE""; ""IV. CHALLENGES AHEAD""; ""V. CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

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 frequent and intensive use of insurance markets may be desirable because it could help introduce an important element of predictability in the post-disaster public finances of disaster-prone developing countries. Against this background, the paper surveys the various available insurance modalities and reviews recent initiatives in developing and emerging market countries. It also identifies some key challenges for the insurance community, donors, and international financial institutions (IFIs).