5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland

1. Sovereign disaster risk protection:
– selected evidence and evaluations!
– is there also a role for supervisors?
Dr. Sebastian von Dahlen
Economic Counsellor
IAIS c/o BIS, Basel
Davos, 28th August 2014

2. 1. Toward measuring sovereign financial protection
Risk transfer: as computed in our large panel data study
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3. 2. Example: Contributions from insurance industry
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4. 3. Role of supervisors: strengthen positive impact
The case of New Zealand
a) Impact on growth path (GDP) b) Cumulative effect (GDP)
Source: von Dahlen, von Peter (2014), forthcoming
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