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Barrett, C.B., B.J. Barnett, M.R. Carter, S. Chantarat, J.W. Hansen, A.G. Mude, D.E Osgood, J.R. Skees, C.G. Turvey, and M.N. Ward, 2007: Poverty Traps and Climate Risk: Limitations and Opportunities of Index-Based Risk Financing. IRI Technical Report 07-02, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY, 53 pp.
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Battista, F. and S. Baas, 2004: Consolidated Report on Case Studies and Workshop Findings and Recommendations. The Role of Local Institutions in Reducing Vulnerability to Recurrent Natural Disasters and in Sustainable Livelihoods Development. Rural Institutions and Participation Service, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy.
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Below, R., A. Wirtz and D. Guha-Sapir, 2009: Disaster Category Classification and Peril Terminology for Operational Purposes. Common Accord Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and Munich Re, Brussels, Belgium and Munich, Germany, cred.be/sites/default/files/DisCatClass_264.pdf.
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Benson, C. and E. Clay, 1998: The Impact of Drought on Sub-Saharan African Economies: A Preliminary Examination. World Bank Technical Paper Series No. 401, World Bank, Washington, DC, 80 pp.
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Benson, C. and E. Clay, 2000: Developing countries and the economic impacts of natural disasters. In: Managing disaster risk in emerging economies [Kreimer, A. and M. Arnold (eds.)]. Disaster Risk Management Series No. 2, World Bank, Washington, DC, pp. 11-21.
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Benson, C. and E. Clay, 2003: Disasters, vulnerability, and the global economy. In: Building Safer Cities: The Future of Disaster Risk [Kreimer, A., M. Arnold, and A. Carlin (eds.)]. Disaster Risk Management Series No. 3, World Bank, Washington, DC, pp. 3-31.
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Benson, C. and E. Clay, 2004: Understanding the Economic and Financial Impact of Natural Disasters. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Disaster Risk Management Series 4, World Bank, Washington, DC, 119 pp.
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Benson, C. and J. Twigg, 2004: Measuring Mitigation: Methodologies for Assessing Natural Hazard Risks and the Net Benefits of Mitigation – A Scoping Study. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/The ProVention Consortium, Geneva, Switzerland,149 pp.
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