Exploring the feasibility of private micro flood insurance provision in Bangladesh

Disasters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-307

  Akter, Sonia ^a   Brouwer, Roy ^b   Van Beukering, Pieter J H ^b   French, Laura ^c   Silver, Efrath ^d   Choudhury, Saria ^e   Aziz, Syeda Salina ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East   (Israel)

^e BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Flood insurance; Institutional design; Natural disasters; Viability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; INSURANCE SYSTEM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FLOODS; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RISK;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79951605771     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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