

Malaysia
Promoting Risk Financing in the Asia Pacific Region: Lessons from Agriculture Insurance in Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam
Author:
S.V.R.K Prabhakar, A. Abu-Bakar, C. Claudio, H.V. Hung There is a growing consensus among development community that the risk insurance can provide an effective risk management tool for mitigating the impacts of climatic and non-climatic disasters. Several risk insurance initiatives have been implemented at grassroots level for reducing the vulnerability of communities to disasters in most of the countries in Asia and the Pacific over the years.
Type of Risk:
Production related-risks
Type of Risk management option:
Risk Transfer
Organization:
APAN
Publication Date:
2013
Number of Pages:
45
Language:
English
Region:
East Asia and Pacific 