TY - BOOK ID - 138324486 TI - Financial protection of the state against natural disasters : a primer AU - Mahul, Olivier AU - Ghesquiere, Francis PY - 2010 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Banks & Banking Reform KW - Capital market development KW - Debt Markets KW - Developing countries KW - Disbursement KW - Emergency financing KW - Environment KW - Finance and Financial Sector Development KW - Financial institutions KW - Financial instruments KW - Global capital KW - Global capital market KW - Government budget KW - Hazard Risk Management KW - Indebtedness KW - Insurance KW - Insurance & Risk Mitigation KW - International bank KW - International financial markets KW - Liquidity KW - Natural disaster KW - Natural Disasters KW - Public investment KW - Returns KW - Risk management KW - Risk neutral KW - Urban Development UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138324486 AB - This paper has been prepared for policy makers interested in establishing or strengthening financial strategies to increase the financial response capacity of governments of developing countries in the aftermath of natural disasters, while protecting their long-term fiscal balances. It analyzes various aspects of emergency financing, including the types of instruments available, their relative costs and disbursement speeds, and how these can be combined to provide cost-effective financing for the different phases that follow a disaster. The paper explains why governments are usually better served by retaining most of their natural disaster risk while using risk transfer mechanisms to manage the excess volatility of their budgets or access immediate liquidity after a disaster. Finally, it discusses innovative approaches to disaster risk financing and provides examples of strategies that developing countries have implemented in recent years. ER -