Anthony Patt Risk & Vulnerability Program, IIASA "Geo-information Systems for Global Development"
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Earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes destroy years of human progress and usually affect the very poorest. Dr. Anthony Patt  of IIASA’s Risk and Vulnerability (RAV) Program, will highlight case studies in Africa to explain how RAV’s applied research in the risk field is helping people to apply information, such as climate prediction, for better risk management and also to use index-based insurance systems to spread risk and thus reduce indirect disaster losses. An innovative Malawi micro-insurance pilot program will be described, to which RAV is providing expertise, complementing technical assistance from international financial institutions. Delegates will also hear how RAV’s work has led to the development of more efficient sovereign risk transfer instruments, which allow states to guarantee the provision of post-disaster services.

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Anthony Patt received a doctorate degree in law from Duke University in 1991 and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University in 2001. In addition to being a member of the Risk and Vulnerability Program at IIASA, he is Assistant Research Professor at Boston University. Dr. Patt studies decision making under uncertainty, especially with respect to climate change adaptation and mitigation. He has more than thirty peer-reviewed publications, and is currently co-editing a book on vulnerability assessment. He was a participant in the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program 1997.

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