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This study explores the potential impacts of compounding risk
between natural hazards and infectious disease outbreaks such as
the recent COVID-19 pandemic in the Central Asia Regional Economic
Cooperation (CAREC) region. Compound risk occurs when two or more
shock events overlap, inducing additional pressure on social and
physical vulnerabilities. As part of the study, scenarios of a
natural hazard occurring during an outbreak are created for each
CAREC country. The study concludes that compound risk may pose a
challenge for the CAREC region in terms of elevated costs of
response due to higher operational complexity, longer timelines
required for reconstruction, and higher procurement costs resulting
from supply interruptions or price shocks. It is therefore
important to consider compound risk when investing in disaster risk
management.
This book traces trends in nonperforming loans (NPLs) during and
after financial crises in Asia and Europe. It examines the impact
of high NPLs, compares the effectiveness of resolution strategies,
and explores policy considerations. The volume highlights the need
for decisive and comprehensive policy action to help manage NPLs
swiftly. It explores the legal and economic conditions conducive to
NPL resolution, the role of asset management companies, the
potential of technological solutions, and the importance of
regional financial cooperation. It provides insights to help policy
makers chart a course through the financial and economic fallout of
the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to recovery and
sustained financial stability in Asia, Europe, and beyond. The
publication is a collaborative project of the Asian Development
Bank, the European Central Bank, and the Joint Vienna Institute.
This publication identifies financial inclusion priorities to
stimulate economic recovery and explores the challenges and
opportunities of accelerated digital transformation. The
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the vital
role of financial inclusion in supporting resilience and economic
recovery among the most vulnerable populations in Asia and the
Pacific. This publication proposes recommendations to aid policy
makers and regulators. It shares insights from the 2021
Asia-Pacific Financial Inclusion Forum, a policy initiative of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers'
Process. It was prepared in collaboration with the APEC Business
Advisory Council, the Asian Development Bank Institute, and the
Foundation for Development Cooperation.
Advances in Safety, Reliability and Risk Management contains the
papers presented at the 20th European Safety and Reliability (ESREL
2011) annual conference in Troyes, France, in September 2011. The
books covers a wide range of topics, including: Accident and
Incident Investigation; Bayesian methods; Crisis and Emergency
Management; Decision Making under Risk; Dynamic Reliability; Fault
Diagnosis, Prognosis and System Health Management; Fault Tolerant
Control and Systems; Human Factors and Human Reliability;
Maintenance Modelling and Optimisation; Mathematical Methods in
Reliability and Safety; Occupational Safety; Quantitative Risk
Assessment; Reliability and Safety Data Collection and Analysis;
Risk and Hazard Analysis; Risk Governance; Risk Management; Safety
Culture and Risk Perception; Structural Reliability and Design
Codes; System Reliability Analysis; Uncertainty and Sensitivity
Analysis. Advances in Safety, Reliability and Risk Management will
be of interest to academics and professionals working in a wide
range of scientific, industrial and governmental sectors,
including: Aeronautics and Aerospace; Chemical and Process
Industry; Civil Engineering; Critical Infrastructures; Energy;
Information Technology and Telecommunications; Land Transportation;
Manufacturing; Maritime Transportation; Mechanical Engineering;
Natural Hazards; Nuclear Industry; Offshore Industry; Policy Making
and Public Planning.
""Should We Risk It?" is a timely and unique book. Its 'hands-on'
approach to diverse risk problem-solving and decision-making
methods fills a long-existing void. Using real-world problems, it
introduces basic and more advanced methods in a clear, evenhanded,
and thought-provoking manner. The more people who read it--both
those already active in risk policy and those with a general
interest--the better we as a society will be ready to cope with
increasingly complex risk decisions. This book will improve both
risk-based decisions and the associated public discourse."--William
Ruckelshaus, former Administrator of the U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency
"This is a splendid book. It should be of interest to a wide
range of students and professionals across the environmental and
health sciences."--John Harte, University of California, Berkeley;
author of "Consider a Spherical Cow"
"Dan Kammen and David Hassenzahl have filled a long-standing
need and have done it brilliantly. Their book provides the bridge
between the technical tooks of risk analysis and the real world of
health and environmental problems. Mastering the contents of this
book should be a requirement for anyone--student or policy
maker--who wants to understand risk analysis."--J. Clarence "Terry"
Davis, Director, Resources for the Future Center for Risk
Management
"The authors have done a remarkable job of showing the common
structures underlying the variety of risks that we face in our
personal and professional lives. Moreover, their approach allows
integrating the diverse forms of knowledge needed to address these
complex problems. Readers will think differently after reading this
book."--Baruch Fischhoff, Professor of Social and Decision
Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
"This book will be very useful as a text in a risk-analysis
class. It will also be a valuable reference for practitioners of
risk assessment in industry, government, and consulting. . . . The
organization of the book is logical and effective."--James K.
Hammitt, Harvard University
This publication provides updates on the bond market in Thailand
since 2016. The ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide series provides
information on the investment climate, rules, laws, opportunities,
and characteristics of bond markets in Asia and the Pacific. It
aims to help bond market issuers, investors, and financial
intermediaries understand the local context and encourage greater
participation in the region's rapidly developing bond markets. This
edition updates the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide 2016: Thailand.
Tourism destinations are traditionally dominated by small and
medium-sized enterprises that provide a wide range of products to
tourists such as accommodation, travel services, transportation,
recreation and entertainment, and food and beverage services. New
knowledge and global risks have emerged, and small and medium-sized
tourism enterprises (SMTEs) are now highly vulnerable. Recently,
the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the whole world and caused a change
in the tourism paradigm. Many SMTEs around the world have been
severely affected by the need to completely shut down their
activities for months, and expectations for recovery in the medium
term are not optimistic. SMTEs do not have the capacity and
increased resources-financial, human, operational-of large
companies to prepare for crisis contingencies (planning) and
respond to the challenges they face. They simply do not have the
resources or knowledge for risk analysis and the creation of crisis
teams or plans. This is an area of growing importance and concern,
both in the public and private sectors, where specific research and
more in-depth knowledge are needed. Risk, Crisis, and Disaster
Management in Small and Medium-Sized Tourism Enterprises connects
research in the field of crisis management with the risks affecting
small and medium-sized tourism enterprises. The book presents
prevailing research on SME-related planning, response, and recovery
during crisis situations, further propelling much-needed literature
on these challenges in today's tourism industry. The chapters cover
important topics such as terrorism threats, disaster management,
resilient strategies, pandemic management, and risk analysis. The
target audience of this book will be composed of professionals
working in the tourism and hospitality industries, restaurateurs,
travel agencies, hotel executives, directors, managers, crisis and
risk planners, policymakers, government officials, researchers, and
academicians who are interested in the threats to tourism
businesses and how small and medium-sized enterprises can manage
and navigate these risks.
This study provides a review of infectious disease risk financing
schemes to draw lessons and recommend solutions for the Central
Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) member countries. CAREC
region was badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prearranged
financing for shock events greatly enhances the cost-efficiency and
effectiveness of response, but this was virtually nonexistent for
infectious diseases risk prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. The study
offers some recommendations to strengthen the disaster risk
management strategies and public sector budget resilience of CAREC
member countries.
With the adoption of its new constitution on 20 September 2015,
Nepal became a federal democratic republic. Since then, the
country's transition from a unitary system of government to the new
federal system has been ongoing and remains a challenging process.
The report examines the evolving institutional arrangements,
challenges, and governance risks for the sectors in which ADB
operates. It also identifies potential reform measures that ADB
could support to help address these governance risks. The report
aims to contribute to the preparation of ADB's 2020-2024 country
partnership strategy for Nepal.
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