APR Workshop 2010-Dealing with Risk and Vulnerability-Ganesh Thapa
1. Annual Performance Review and South-South Cooperation Event Ganesh Thapa Session on Dealing with Risks and Vulnerability, 2 November 2010, Nanning, China
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3. Typology of risks Insurgency Riots Political Finan. crisis, inflation Crop loss Loss of income Economic Civil strife, war Terrorism Crime, violence Social Disease epidemic Illness, death Health Earthquake, flood Landslide, rainfall Natural/Env. Nations/ regions Communities/villages Individuals/ Households Type
4. Risk management strategies Food subsidy Borrowing from banks Transfers from relatives Borrowing, eating less Coping with risk Social security Accident, disability insurance Social networks, gifts Share cropper tenancy Risk mitigating - insurance Agric. research Micro finance Producer groups Crop, income diversification Risk mitigating -diversification Macro-economic policy Watershed structure Savings, migration Risk reducing Formal : public Formal : market Informal : group Informal : individual Response