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PRESENTATIONS
| January
2001 |
P.
Freeman |
Decision Making and
Catastrophe Hedges
Presented at World
Bank Workshop: Innovations in Managing Catastrophic Risks How
Can They Help the Poor. World Bank, Washington DC.
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| November
2000 |
P. Freeman |
Modeling Catastrophe
Risk in Mexico
Presented at the
University of Kentucky. USA.
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| October
2000 |
P. Freeman |
Public Sector Risk
Management: Concerns and policy approaches for natural disaster
events and losses.
Presented at the
ICSU Committee Meeting on Disaster Reduction. Geneva.
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| October
2000 |
P. Freeman |
Public Sector Risk
Management: Economic justification for catastrophe hedges in
developing countries.
Presented at the
7th Conference on Strategic Issues in Insurance. The Geneva
Association, London
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| July 2000 |
R.Mechler
and
K. Warner |
Estimating Chronic
Natural Disaster Risk in Developing Countries Based on the World
Bank's Revised Minimum Standard Model (RMSM-X).
Presented at the
CSM'2000 - 14th
JISR-IIASA Workshop on Methodologies and Tools for Complex System
Modeling and Integrated Policy Assessment. IIASA. Laxenburg.
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| July 2000 |
K. Warner
and Reinhard Mechler |
Impacts and Policy
Requirements Differ for Earthquakes and Floods/Storms: A Case
Study of Nicaragua.
Presented at the
EuroConference
on Global Change and Catastrophe Risk Management: Earthquake
Risks in Europe. IIASA. Laxenburg.
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| July 2000 |
P.K. Freeman |
Cost-Benefit Analysis
for Natural Disaster Risk in Developing Countries.
Presented at the
25th Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Boulder,
Colorado, USA.
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| June 2000 |
P.K. Freeman |
Estimating
Chronic Risk from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries:
A Case Study on Honduras.
Presented at the
World Bank's Annual
Bank Conference on Development Economics-Europe
- Development Thinking at the Millennium. Paris, France
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| March
2000 |
P.K. Freeman |
Case Study of Flood
Risk in Argentina.
Presented at: Japan-China Research Project Seminar on Management
of Urban Disaster Risk. China Building Technology Development
Center, Beijing. PRC
and
Disaster Prevention
Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University.
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| February
2000 |
P.K. Freeman |
Measuring
the Impact of Natural Catastrophes upon Developing Countries.
Seminar on IIASA Research organized by the US Committee for IIASA.
Washington, D.C., USA |
| February
2000 |
P.K. Freeman |
Presentations
at: Launch of the ProVention Consortium: Reducing Disasters through
Development. Co-sponsored by The World Bank and UNDP. World Bank,
Washington, DC., USA. |
| February
2000 |
P.K. Freeman |
Informal
and Formal Insurance Coverage for Disaster Risk Management by
the Poor.
Presentation at: A Colloquium on Microfinance: Disaster Risk Reduction
for the Poor. Sponsored by UNEP and The Disaster Management Facility,
The World Bank. Washington, D.C., USA |
| December
1999 |
P.K.
Freeman |
Managing
Natural Catastrophe Risk in Developing Countries.
Presented at: University of Pennsylvania/Wharton Public Policy
and Management Department, Philadelphia, USA. |
| September
1999 |
P.K. Freeman |
Gambling on Global
Catastrophes.
Presentation at
IIASA to Chinese Delegation from the Ministry of Land and Resources,
Beijing. PRC.
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| September
1999 |
P.K. Freeman
with L. MacKellar and T. Ermolieva |
Simulating Macroeconomic
Impacts of Natural Catastrophic Shocks with the World Bank's
"RMSM" (Revised Minimum Standard Model).
Presented at: 13th
JISR-IIASA Workshop on Methodologies and Tools for Complex System
Modeling and Integrated Policy Assessment. IIASA, Laxenburg,
Austria.
Paper available for downloading
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| June
1999 |
P.K.
Freeman |
Infrastructure, Natural
Disasters and Poverty.
Presented at: World
Bank Meeting on Issues for a Consultative Group for Global Disaster
Reduction. Paris, France.
Paper
available for downloading
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| June
1999 |
P.K.
Freeman with L. MacKellar and T. Ermolieva |
Estimating Natural
Catastrophic Risk Exposure and the Benefits of Risk Transfer
in Developing Countries.
Presented at: World
Bank Meeting on Issues for a Consultative Group for Global Disaster
Reduction. Paris, France.
Paper
availabe for downloading
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| June 1999 |
P.K. Freeman
with G. Pflug |
Infrastructure in
Developing Countries: Risk and Protection
Presented at: Conference
on Global Change and Catastrophe Risk Management: Flood Risks
in Europe. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
Paper
available for downloading
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VISITORS AND GUEST SCHOLARS
| November-December
2000 |
Stacey Kuntz |
Research
Assistant |
| June-September
2000 |
Noémi
Giszpenc,
USA
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Guest Research
Scholar |
| June-August
2000 |
Jadwiga
Beres |
Department of Atmospheric
Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Participant
in the 2000 Young Scientist Summer Program
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| 18 August
2000 |
Jerry R. Skees
|
The Center for Innovations
in Food, and Rural Risk Management,
University of Kentucky, USA
|
| June
5-14, 2000 |
Lisa
Korf |
Department
of Mathematics,
University of Washington, Seattle, USA |
| March 3-4,
2000 |
Edward Kozlowski |
Cracow Real
Estate Institute Foundation (CREI), Cracow, Poland |
| March
3-4, 2000 |
Jan
Brzeski |
Cracow
Real Estate Institute Foundation (CREI), Cracow, Poland |
| September
30, 1999 |
Ivo Stanek |
Secretary
General
International Vienna Council
Vienna, Austria |
| September
20, 1999 |
Maria-Elisabeth
Fischer |
Swiss Reinsurance
Company, Zurich Switzerland |
| September
20, 1999 |
Jürg Trüb |
Swiss Reinsurance
Company, Zurich Switzerland |
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
| July 9-12,
2000 |
Paul Freeman |
25th Annual Hazards
Research and Applications Workshop
Organizer: University
of Colorado, Boulder
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December 8-10, 1999 |
Paul
Freeman |
2nd
Annual Conference on the Danube Region. Vienna. Austria.
Organizer: International Vienna Council, Vienna |
| December
6-8, 1999 |
Reinhard
Mechler |
Global Development
Network Conference 99: "GDN99"- Bridging Knowledge and
Policy. Bonn, Germany.
Organizer: GDN Secretariat, World Bank Institute, Washington, D.C.
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| November
18-19, 1999 |
Leslie Martin
Koko Warner-Merl |
25th European
Working Group on Financial Modelling.
Organizer: Institute of Finance, Vienna University of Economics
and Business Administration |
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