Flood insurance schemes and climate adaptation in developing countries
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Risk transfer; climate adaptation; flood risk; insurance; risk reduction;All these keywords.
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- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
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