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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/836206259 Title: Risk and opportunity : managing risk for development Publisher: Washington, DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, [2013] ©2013 ISBN/ISSN: 0821399640 9780821399644 9780821399033 0821399039 OCLC:836206259

  
  

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Risk and opportunity : managing risk for development

Author:	World Bank.
Publisher:	Washington, DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, [2013] ©2013
Series:	World development report, 2014.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"The last 25 years have witnessed unprecedented changes around the world - many of them for the better. In all continents, numerous countries have embarked on a path of international integration, economic reform, technological modernization, and democratic participation. As result, economies that had been stagnant for decades are growing, people who had suffered deprivation for generations are escaping poverty, and hundreds of millions are enjoying the benefits of improved living standards and scientific and cultural sharing across nations. As the world changes, a host of opportunities arise constantly. With them, however, old and new risks appear, from the possibility of job loss and disease to the potential for social unrest and environmental damage. If ignored, these risks can turn into crises that reverse hard-fought gains and endanger the social and economic reforms that produced these gains. World Development Report (WDR) 2014: Managing Risk for Development, contends that the solution is not to reject the changes that bring about opportunities along with risks, but to prepare for them in a proactive and holistic way. Thus, managing risks responsibly and effectively has the potential to bring about a sense of security and means of progress to people in developing countries and beyond. Although individuals' initiative and responsibility are essential for managing risk, their success can only be limited without a supportive social environment, especially when risks are large or systemic in nature. The WDR 2014 argues that a way in which people can successfully confront risks and opportunities that are beyond their means is to share their risk management with others. This can be done through naturally occurring social and economic systems that enable people to overcome the obstacles that individuals and groups suffer from, including lack of resources and information, cognitive and behavioral failures, missing markets and public goods, and social externalities and exclusion. These systems - from the household and the community to the state and the international community-have the potential to support people's risk management in different yet complementary ways."--World Bank website.  Read more...
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Subjects	Risk management -- Developing countries. Economic development -- Developing countries. Developing countries -- Economic conditions. View all subjects
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