Download or read book Economics of Index based Flood Insurance IBFI written by Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scaling up Index based Flood Insurance IBFI for agricultural resilience and flood proofing livelihoods in developing countries written by Amarnath, Giriraj and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Reports The publications in this series cover a wide range of subjects—from computer modelling to experience with water user associations—and vary in content from directly applicable research to more basic studies, on which applied for work ultimately depends. Some research reports are narrowly focused, analytical and detailed empirical studies; others are wide-ranging and synthetic overviews of generic problems. Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff, and by external reviewers. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgement

Download or read book Bundled weather index insurance pilot for drought affected areas in Sri Lanka written by Aheeyar, Mohamed and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Climate Change written by Seo, S. N. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situating a comprehensive microbehavioral analysis of the economics of climate change within a discussion of the most pressing global climate change issues and policy negotiations, the Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Climate Change is a timely collection of new research on the behaviors of economic agents that are essential to an exposition of climate change economics and policy making.

Download or read book Gender equality and social inclusion in community led multiple use water services in Nepal written by van Koppen, Barbara and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Change in global freshwater storage written by McCartney, Matthew and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. This book was released on 2022-03-23 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Community Based Flood Insurance Option written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River and coastal floods are among the nation's most costly natural disasters. One component in the nation's approach to managing flood risk is availability of flood insurance policies, which are offered on an individual basis primarily through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Established in 1968, the NFIP is overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and there are about 5.4 million individual policies in the NFIP. The program has experienced a mixture of successes and persistent challenges. Successes include a large number of policy holders, the insurance of approximately $1.3 trillion of property, and the fact that the large majority of policy holders - 80% - pay rates that are risk based. NFIP challenges include large program debt, relatively low rates of purchase in many flood-prone areas, a host of issues regarding affordability of premiums, ensuring that premiums collected cover payouts and administrative fees, and a large number of properties that experience severe repetitive flood losses. At the request of FEMA, A Community-Based Flood Insurance Option identifies a range of key issues and questions that would merit consideration and further analysis as part of a community-based flood insurance program. As the report describes, the community-based option certainly offers potential benefits, such as the prospect of providing coverage for all (or nearly all) at-risk residents and properties in flood-prone communities. At the same time, many current challenges facing the NFIP may not necessarily be resolved by a community-based approach. This report discusses these and other prominent issues to be considered and further assessed.

Download or read book Data quality deterioration in the Lake Tana Sub basin Ethiopia written by Taye, Meron Teferi and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2022-05-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program written by James P. Howard, II and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Brief presents a benefit-cost analysis of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as well as an evaluation of its cumulative socioeconomic effects. Created by Congress in 1968, the NFIP provides flood insurance protection to property owners, in return for local government commitment to sound floodplain management. Since 1994, the NFIP has included a Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program to provide local communities with support for flood mitigation. This book offers quantitative evidence of the net social benefit of the NFIP for the years 1996-2010, including an independent assessment of the consumer benefit. Second, it provides distributionally weighted analysis to show the socioeconomic effects of payments and claims. Finally, this Brief includes an analysis of the change in government revenue attributable to the NFIP and FMA programs. The models used in each component of the analysis are usable by others for extending and revising the analysis. Providing a comprehensive analysis of this increasingly important federal policy, this Brief will be of use to students of environmental economics and public policy as well as those interested in risk management in the era of climate change.

Download or read book Adaptation to climate variability in Sri Lanka written by Amarasinghe, Upali A. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia written by Barun Deb Pal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses various climate smart agro-technologies, their technical and economic feasibility across heterogeneous agro-climatic conditions, assessing farmers’ willingness to adopt those technologies, impact of climate smart technology in agricultural production and possible policy and investment opportunities to upscale it. Containing eight chapters, the book starts with a discussion about the methodological aspects of priority setting of the farm technologies across various regions of South Asia including Eastern Indo-Gangetic plain, Western Indo-Gangetic Plain and arid regions. Using data from field based trials and expert solicitations, the book next deliberates on a list of feasible technologies, assessed by constructing climate smart Feasibility Index. Further on, there is an analysis, using stated preference method, of the behaviour of farmers in adopting climate smart technologies. Preference of women farmers has been given a special focus in this book. After discussing the method priority setting of the farm technologies, impact of climate smart technologies has been analysed using real time data. Government policies have been reviewed with the view of achieving climate smart agriculture in South Asia. The book also describes the optimization modelling framework for investment allocation and technology prioritization. The model integrates both the bio-physical and the economic optimization model to capture the agro-climatic heterogeneity within the region and the variability of technical feasibility across regions and crops. Results of this model will help policy makers to identify how much to invest, where to invest and what technologies to prioritize for investments.

Download or read book The potential for agricultural insurance in the Philippines written by Benni, N. and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study aims to assess the potential for the introduction of agricultural insurance services in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines, with a view to fostering smallholders’ resilience against extreme natural events, such as floods, droughts and hurricanes, and promote their capacity to recover from such shocks. The study focuses on analysing and showcasing the opportunities and benefits associated with the introduction of tailored disaster risk insurance protection for small-scale farmers in BARMM; the core roadblocks and constraints that limit the diffusion of such services in the region’s agriculture sector; and options for the implementation of agri-insurance coverage based on different scenarios of collaboration involving public, private and non-profit stakeholders active in the region. The study was conceived as a general reference document and starting point for all types of stakeholders – government authorities, development agencies, financial institutions and non-governmental organizations – interested in designing and promoting agricultural insurance services for vulnerable actors in the Bangsamoro region.

Download or read book The Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2017 written by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the state of resilience of the region vis-à-vis the goals and targets relating to disaster risk reduction. It highlights some of the tools and approaches for resilience-building focusing on those that could possibly offer transformative shifts to achieve those goals and targets. Finally, it offers a reflection on the way forward for the region, including specific regional action that could be prioritized to support efforts by countries to achieve resilience to disasters and the whole 2030 Agenda.

Download or read book Review of water and climate adaptation financing and institutional frameworks in South Asia written by Suhardiman, Diana and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mapping multiple climate related hazards in South Asia written by Amarnath, Giriraj and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Digital Economy Emerging Technologies and Business Innovation written by Rim Jallouli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-20 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Digital Economy, ICDEc 2019, held in Beirut, Lebanon, in April 2019. The conference was founded in 2016 to discuss innovative research and projects related to the support role of Information System Technologies in the digital transformation process, business innovation and e-commerce. The 31 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The theme of ICDEc 2019 was “Digital Economy: Emerging Technologies and Business Innovation”. The papers were organized in topical sections named: digital transformation; e-finance; social media communication; intelligent systems; e-commerce and business analytics; e-learning and cloud education; e-commerce and digital economy; data science; digital marketing; and digital business model.

Download or read book The Ganges River Basin written by Luna Bharati and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ganges is one of the most complex yet fascinating river systems in the world. The basin is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity from climatic, hydrological, geomorphological, cultural, environmental and socio-economic perspectives. More than 500 million people are directly or indirectly dependent upon the Ganges River Basin, which spans China, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. While there are many books covering one aspect of the Ganges, ranging from hydrology to cultural significance, this book is unique in presenting a comprehensive inter-disciplinary overview of the key issues and challenges facing the region. Contributors from the three main riparian nations assess the status and trends of water resources, including the Himalayas, groundwater, pollution, floods, drought and climate change. They describe livelihood systems in the basin, and the social, economic, geopolitical and institutional constraints, including transboundary disputes, to achieving productive, sustainable and equitable water access. Management of the main water-use sectors and their inter-linkages are reviewed, as well as the sustainability and trade-offs in conservation of natural systems and resource development such as for hydropower or agriculture.