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Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...

Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...

This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...

The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...

The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is a major initiative of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). It contributes to the achievement of the Hyogo...

The present work examines the access to credit by financially constrained Small and Medium Enterprises in Argentina over the last decade, focusing on the role played by public banks, state credit...

This publication is the third biennial report coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The first and second reports focused primarily on public policy and the...

2015 is a critical year for the future of sustainable development. The 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction highlights the connections between disaster risk and development and...

The present study looks at the effect of fertility on maternal labour supply in Argentina and Mexico, exploiting a source of exogenous variability in family size first introduced by Angrist and Evans...

This paper presents a methodology for adjusting measures of income and poverty for the risk faced by a household. The approach draws on the standard economic concept of risk aversion, and it is based...

The unprecedented accumulation of international reserves by emerging markets raises the question of how to best utilize those funds. Should they be held as a war chest to guard against the risk of...

The present study examines the evolution and performance of development banking in Trinidad and Tobago, focussing in particular on the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB). It gives a brief sketch of...

This document analyses development banking in Jamaica, identifying its weaknesses and proposes solutions to address its shortcomings. The first part of the document provides an overview of development...