Insurance & risk transfer

This report is a summary of the Microinsurance Conference 2007 held in Mumbai, India, jointly hosted by the CGAP Working Group on microinsurance, the Munich Re Foundation and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) with the support of

SP Discussion Paper no. 0543.

Natural disasters have a huge impact on social and economic welfare. Policies to manage them need to be integrated and well grounded to the specificities of natural hazards as well as local capacities in terms of fiscal

Sustainable Development Department Technical Studies series, ENV-139.

While the occurrence of natural events can not be prevented, there is a possibility to reduce the vulnerability of populations through risk management. The IDB Action Plan for natural

Australian Emergency Manual Series
PART III: Volume 3 — Guidelines Guide 11

The series has been developed to assist in the management and delivery of support services in a disaster context. 

These Guidelines and the associated case study ‘Economic and

The overall goal of ProVention is to reduce the risk and social, economic and environmental impacts of natural hazards on vulnerable populations in developing countries in order to alleviate poverty and contribute to sustainable development, in line with

From 18 to 20 October, the Munich Re Foundation held the 2005 Microinsurance Conference ‘Making Insurance Work for the Poor: Current Practices and Lessons Learnt’. In cooperation with the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, around a hundred selected