Changing climates: the heat is (still) on
The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD
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Climate Change: Study Predicts Wide Variation in Temperature Extremes
Summers and winters will likely swing between a wide range of temperatures, says the study. Climate change will be seen in the variation of our extreme temperatures, according to a new study. Researchers
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Unions, NGO activists slam Budget priorities
Various trade unions and social organisations, including the RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), criticised the first Budget of the Narendra Modi Government. They said the Budget failed to give any
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PM: New Health Insurance Scheme to cover 100m people
PM: New Health Insurance Scheme to cover 100m people Friday, June 06, 2014 - Islamabad—Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday approved the National Health Insurance Scheme for poorest of the
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Insurers must adapt to climate change
There is no doubt the climate is changing. Each of the past three decades has been warmer than the previous one, and the vast majority of scientific evidence points to this being caused by mankind's reliance
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Poverty dimension of the social protection index: assessing results for Asia and the Pacific
This paper presents the results of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) study on Social Protection Index (SPI) in Asia and the Pacific from the poverty dimension perspective. The SPI is a compact, simple
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Centre plans insurance pool for nuclear plants
IN A move to address the issue of liability, which has held up deals with several countries, the government has decided to form a nuclear insurance pool having a number of stakeholders to meet the requirement
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Adaptation to climate change: linking DRR with microinsurance
This issue explores the important role played by microinsurance in building up the resilience of communities vulnerable to addressing the impact of disasters and climate change. The content includes:
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Chhattisgarh's 1.7 million farm labourers get insurance cover
The 1.7 million farm labourers in Chhattisgarh have reason to smile on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday today. The state government launched a scheme that will provide them insurance
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Global financial development report 2014: financial inclusion
Global Financial Development Report 2014 is the second in a new World Bank series. It contributes to financial sector policy debates, building on new data, surveys, research, and country experience, with
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Customized community-based microinsurance for climate-related risks
Customized community-based microinsurance for climate-related risks - a presentation by David M Dror at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September