Catastrophe Risk Financing in Developing Countries ; Principles for Public Intervention

from the Table of Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Glossary; Overview; Introduction; Market Imperfections and Catastrophe Insurance; Principles for Public Intervention in the Catastrophe Insurance Markets; Roles for the Donor Community; References; Appendixes: World Bank List of Economies; Reference Catastrophe Losses; Catastrophe Risk Modeling; Catastrophe Risk Financing Projects Supported by The World Bank and Donors; Some Recent Catastrophe Risk Financing Initiatives Supported by The World Bank and Donors; Prototype Weather-Based Crop Insurance Policy; Commercial Catastrophe Risk Models; Review of the Catastrophe Reinsurance Market; CAT Bonds and Other Risk-Linked Securities. State of the Market and Recent Developments; Catastrophe Reinsurance Pricing; Index; Boxes; Figures; Tables;