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Rural Livelihood Diversity in Developing Countries: Evidence and Policy Implications

This paper examines livelihood diversification as a survival strategy of rural households in developing countries. Although […]

Inclusive Business in Agrifood Markets: Evidence and Action

A report based on proceedings of a conference held in Beijing, 5-6 March 2008. This report […]

Weather Insurance, Price Information, and Hedging: Helping the Poor Manage Risk

This project proposes to develop and evaluate two complementary interventions, which together will allow households to […]

Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative Livestock Sector Policies and Programs in Developing Countries, A Menu for Practitioners

The Livestock Sector Policy Menu presented in this volume has been prepared by the Pro-Poor Livestock […]

Managing Catastrophic Risks Through Insurance and Mitigation

This paper examines the impact the role that insurance and other policy tools can play in […]

Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development: An IEG Evaluation of World Bank Assistance for Natural Disasters

Countries need to become more proactive rather than reactive, and Bank support to countries must do […]

Agriculture, Risk and Climate Change

This article concludes that with the true extent, magnitude and impact of climate change on agricultural […]

Assistance to Improve Local Agricultural Emergency Preparedness in Caribbean Countries Highly Prone to Hurricane Related Disasters

The recurrent impacts of hydro- meteorological hazards have wreaked havoc on environment, economy and society throughout […]

Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into the Fight Against Poverty

This report addresses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)’s activities in mainstreaming disaster […]

South-South Cooperation Program for Disaster Risk Reduction

The South–South Cooperation Program is a new GFDRR initiative to facilitate collaboration among low- and middle-income […]

Ethiopia Weather Risk Management Framework Using Weather-Based Indices

This is the GFDRR program overview for a weather-based index that serves as an early, objective […]

Integrated Weather Risk Management for Sustained Growth in Burkina Faso

This is an activity overview for GFDRR operations in Burkina Faso on Integrated Weather Risk Management […]

Preparing to Manage Natural Hazards and Climate Change Risks in Dakar, Senegal

The objective of this pilot study is two-pronged. First, the study intends to propose a new […]

Experiences in Index-Based Weather Insurance for Farmers: Lessons Learnt from India and Malawi

This presentation overviews the work by the World Bank’s Agricultural Risk Management team in index-based weather […]

Words Into Action: A Guide for Implementing the Hyogo Framework

This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework […]

Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development: An IEG Evaluation of World Bank Assistance for Natural Disasters

After a review of World Bank assistance for natural disasters in developing countries, this report recommends […]

Flood Risk Assessment: A Methodological Framework

The concepts of hazard, vulnerability and risk have been extensively used in various disciplines with a […]

US and World Agricultural Outlook 2010

The FAPRI 2010 U.S. and World Agricultural Outlook presents projections of world agriculturalproduction, consumption, and trade […]

Disaster Risk Management Systems Analysis: A Guide Book

This Guide provides a set of tools to assess existing structures and capacities of national, district […]

Potential Role for Insurance in Managing Catastrophic Risks in Developing Countries

The prevalence of natural disasters is not new and farmers, rural institutions and lenders have, over […]