Risk management for development-assessing obstacles and prioritizing action

Risk Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-210

  Hallegatte, Stéphane ^a   Rentschler, Jun ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Obstacles; Risk management; Uncertainty; WDR 2014

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; OBSTACLES; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; UNCERTAINTY; WDR 2014;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85027940619     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12269     Document Type: Article

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