Assessment of Innovative Approaches for Flood Risk Management and Financing in Agriculture:

Insurance can complement such activities, but is only viable if carried out jointly as part of a broader risk management framework. Fourth, more research and technical assistance is needed to develop simple and financially viable products for flood risk transfer at aggregate levels; there is increas...

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Main Author: Lotsch, Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2010
Series:Other papers
Links:https://doi.org/10.1596/27577
Summary:Insurance can complement such activities, but is only viable if carried out jointly as part of a broader risk management framework. Fourth, more research and technical assistance is needed to develop simple and financially viable products for flood risk transfer at aggregate levels; there is increasing demand expressed for such products from flood-prone countries. Finally, donors and government can support international and regional centers involved in flood modeling and facilitate a platform that convenes the technical expertise required for flood risk insurance development. Several of such centers and core expertises were identified through this work
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
DOI:10.1596/27577