BIBLIOGRAPHY

The CAT project has compiled the following bibliography of useful references for studying the impacts of natural catastrophes in development. Other good sources of references are:

  • World Bank Disaster Management Facility references
  • World Bank Market Incentives for Mitigation Investment (MIMI) references

 

 

Albala-Betrand, J.M. (1993). Political Economy of Large Natural Disasters with Special Reference to Developing Countries. Oxford, Clarendon Press.

Anderson, M. and P. Woodrow (1989). Rising from the Ashes: Development Strategies in Times of Disaster. Boulder, Colorado, Westview Press.

Arrow, K. J. (1992). "Insurance, Risk and Resource Allocation." Foundations of Insurance Economics: Readings in Economic and Finance. G. Dionne and S. E. Harrington. Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) (1999). "Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors on Proposed Loan to the People's Republic of China for the Northeast Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project." Manila, Philippines, ADB.

Bender, S. (1991). Primer on Natural Hazard Management in Integrated Regional Development Planning. Washington, DC, Department of Regional Development and Environment, Executive Secretariat for Economic and Social Affairs, Organization of American States.

Benson, C. (1997). The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters in the Philippines. London, UK, Overseas Development Institute.

Benson, C. (1997). The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters in Viet Nam. London, UK, Overseas Development Institute.

Benson, C. (1997). The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters in Fiji. London, UK, Overseas Development Institute.

Berliner, B. (1982). Limits of Insurability of Risks. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall.

Boswell, M. R., R. E. Deyle, et al. (1999). "A Quantitative Method for Estimating Probable Public Costs of Hurricanes." Environmental Management 23(No. 3): 359-372.

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) (1999). EM-DAT: International Disaster Database. Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Charveriat, C. (2000). "Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview of Risk." Working Paper 434, Washington DC, Inter American Development Bank.

Clarke, Caroline. (2000) Facing the Challenge of Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: An IDB Action Plan. Washington, DC. Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank.

Cuny, F. (1983) Disasters and Development. New York, Oxford University Press.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (1999). Manual for Estimating the Socio-Economic Effects of Natural Disasters. Santiago, Chile, United Nation's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (2000). "A Matter of Development: How to Reduce Vulnerability in the Face of Natural Disasters." Paper presented at the seminar "Confronting Natural Disasters: A Matter of Development," New Orleans, March 25-26, 2000.

Epstein, R. A. (1996). "Catastrophic Responses to Catastrophic Risks." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 12(No. 2/3): 287-308.

Ferranti, D., G. E. Perry, et al. (2000). Securing Our Future in a Global Economy. Washington DC, The World Bank.

Freeman, P. K. and G. C. Pflug (2000). "Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Risk and Protection." Risk Analysis, forthcoming.

Froot, K. A. (ed.) (1999). The Financing of Catastrophe Risk. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

Froot, K.A. (1999a). Introduction in Froot, K.A. (ed.) The Financing of Catastrophe Risk. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

Gilbert, R. and A. Kreimer (1999). Learning from the World Bank's Experience of Natural Disaster Related Assistance. Washington D.C., Urban Development Division, World Bank: 54.

Government of Honduras (2000). An Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, IMF/World Bank.

Government of Nicaragua (2000). A Strengthened Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Managua, Nicaragua, IMF/World Bank.

Gron, A. (1999). Insurer Demand for Catastrophe Reinsurance. in Froot, K.A. (ed.) The Financing of Catastrophe Risk". Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 23-44.

Gutenberg, B. and C. F. Richter (1956). "Earthquake Magnitude, Intensity, Energy, and Acceleration" Bulletin of the Seismic Society of America 46, 105-143.

Hoogeveen, J.G.M. (2000) Risk and Insurance by the Poor in Developing Nations in Kreimer, A., M. Arnold (eds.) Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies. Washington D.C., Disaster Risk Management Series, Disaster Management Facility, World Bank.

Inter-American Development Bank (2001). Economic and Social Database (ESDB). Washington, DC, IADB. http://database.iadb.org/esdbweb/scripts/esdbweb.exe

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2001). IPCC Third Assessment Report. Geneva, Switzerland, IPCC.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2001). Summary for Policymakers: A Report of Working Group I of the IPCC. Geneva, Switzerland, IPCC.

International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) (2000). World Disasters Report 1999. Geneva, International Federation of Red Cross.

Klein, T. M. (1994). External Debt Management: An Introduction. Washington D.C., The World Bank.

Kleindorfer, P. R. and H. C. Kunreuther (1999). Challenges Facing the Insurance Industry in Managing Catastrophic Risks. in Froot, K. A. (ed.) The Financing of Catastrophe Risk. Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 149-189.

Kreimer, A., M. Arnold, P.K. Freeman et al. (1999). Managing Disaster Risk in Mexico: Market Incentives for Mitigation Investment. Washington D.C., World Bank.

Kunreuther, H. and R.J. Roth (ed.) (1998). Paying the Price: The Status and Role of Insurance Against Natural Disasters in the United States. Washington DC, Joseph Henry Press.

Lewis, C. M. and K. C. Murdock (1999). "Alternative Means of Redistributing Catastrophic Risk in a National Risk-Management System." in Froot, K. A. (ed.) The Financing of Catastrophe Risk. Chicago, National Bureau of Economic Research: 51-85.

Meier, G. M. (1995). Leading Issues in Economic Development. New York, Oxford University Press.

Meyer, P. (1997) Tropical Cyclones. Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss Reinsurance Company.

Munich Reinsurance Company (1998). World Map of Natural Hazards. Munich, Munich Reinsurance Group.

Munich Reinsurance Company (1999). Topics 2000. Munich, Munich Reinsurance Group.

Munich Reinsurance Company (2001). Topics: Natural Disasters. Annual Review of Natural Disasters 2000. Munich, Munich Reinsurance Group.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2001). "Aid at a Glance for Recipient Countries and Territories." Paris, France, OECD Development Assistance Committee. http://www.oecd.org/dac/htm/recipientaid_index.htm

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2001a). "Net Official Development Assistance Flows from 1950 to 1999." Paris, France, OECD Development Assistance Committee. http://www.oecd.org/dac/xls/longtermODA.xls

Otero, R. C. and R. Z. Marti (1995). The Impacts of Natural Disasters on Developing Economies: Implications for the International Development and Disaster Community. in Munasinghe, M. and C. Clarke Disaster Prevention for Sustainable Development: Economic and Policy Issues. Yokohama, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank.

Pollner, J. (2000). Catastrophe Risk Management Using Alternative Risk Financing & Insurance Pooling Mechanisms: The Insurance Market and the Case of the Caribbean Region. Washington DC: World Bank.

Priest, G.L. (1996). "The Government, the Market, and the Problem of Catastrophic Loss." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 12 (Number 2/3): 219-237.

Rodrik, D. (1998). "Where Did All the Growth Go? External Shocks, Social Conflict and Economic Growth". Cambridge, Harvard University.

Sen, A. (1999). Development as Freedom. New York, Alfred A. Knopf. Stone, J. M. (1973). "A Theory of Capacity and the Insurance of Catastrophe Risks, Part 1 and 2." Jounal of Risk and Insurance 40: 231-244; 339-355.

Swiss Reinsurance Company (1999). Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) for Corporations: A Passing Fashion or Risk Management for the 21st Century? Zurich, Swiss Reinsurance Company.

Swiss Reinsurance Company (2001). "Capital Market Innovation in the Insurance Industry." Swiss Re SIGMA series 3/2001. Zurich, Swiss Reinsurance Company.

Tilley, J. (1999) Comment on Cummins, J. D., C. Lewis, and R. Phillips, Pricing Excess-of-Loss-Reinsurance Contracts against Catastrophic Loss. in Froot, K. A. (ed.) The Financing of Catastrophe Risk. Chicago, National Bureau of Economic Research: 51-85.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) (2001). Disaster Profiles of the Least Developed Countries. Report for Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, Brussels, 14-20 May 2001. Geneva.

Walker, G. (1997). Current Development in Catastrophe Modeling in Britton, N. and Oliver, J. (eds.) Financial Risk Management for Natural Catastrophes. Griffith University, AON Group Australia Limited: 17-37.

World Bank (2000). World Bank Development Indicators 1999. Washington, D.C., World Bank.

World Bank (2000). The World Development Report 1999/2000. Washington, DC, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank.

World Bank (2000). Basic Information Document: Nicaragua Living Standards Measurement Study Survey 1998. Poverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group, Washington, DC, World Bank.

World Bank (2001). World Infrastructure and Development. Infrastructure and Poverty Briefing for the World Bank Infrastructure Forum, May 2-11, 2001. Washington, DC, World Markets Series, World Bank.

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