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Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes

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Dramatic events, such as the earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province in 2008 and the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the United States in 2005, have brought the financial management of catastrophic risks once again to the forefront of the public policy agenda globally. To address these issues and develop sound policies, the OECD has established an International Network on the Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes. This publication supports the ongoing activities of the Network.

This book contains three reports focusing on different institutional approaches to the financial management of large-scale catastrophes in selected OECD and non-OECD countries, the role of risk mitigation and insurance in reducing the impact of natural disasters, and the importance of strategic leadership in the management of non-conventional crises.

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Annex A

Large Financial Institutions and Unconventional Crises

Major financial institutions play a critical role in the recovery process in the wake of a crisis. That role is even more important in what is becoming a chaotic environment: astronomical direct costs, cascading damages that are impossible to assess, beneficiaries that are impossible to reach, public institutions and essential operators that are profoundly destabilized.

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