Environmental value, valuation methods, and natural disaster damage assessment

Includes bibliography

Non-market valuation of natural and environmental resources in Central America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Report on Workshop on Disaster Valuation: ECLAC's methodology and preparation of a revised training manual

Includes bibliography

The Integrated Functional Coefficients (IFC) method for coastal resources valuation

Includes bibliography

Valuation concepts and techniques with applications to coastal resources

Includes bibliography

Manuel pratique d'évaluation de l'impact social, économique et environnemental des catastrophes

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Évaluation du financement public de la politique de protection sociale: Une lecture spéciale du Programme Ede Pèp

Sur demande du Gouvernement Haïtien, la Commission Économique des Nations-Unies pour l´Amérique Latine et la Caraïbe (CEPALC) a commandité une étude aux fins d’évaluer la situation actuelle du système de financement de la politique et des programmes de protection sociale en Haïti par l’État, et d’identifier les opportunités de mobilisation de nouvelles ressources.

"Evaluating the model of classification and valuation of disabilities used in Brazil and defining the elaboration and adoption of a unique model for all the country": Brazilian Interministerial Workgroup Task

The President of Brazil established an Interministerial Work Group in order to “evaluate the model of classification and valuation of disabilities used in Brazil and to define the elaboration and adoption of a unique model for all the country”. Eight Ministries and/or Secretaries participated in the discussion over a period of 10 months, concluding that a proposed model should be based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, and the ‘support theory’, and organizing a list of recommendations and necessary actions for a Classification, Evaluation and Certification Network with national coverage.

The secondary market for life insurance policies in the United States market evolution and product valuation

In this work we discuss the secondary market for life insurance policies in the United States of America. First, we give an overview of the life settlement market: how it came into existence, its growth prospects and the ethical issues it arises. Secondly, we discuss the characteristics of the different life insurance products present in the market and describe how life settlements are originated. Life settlement transactions tend to be long and complex transactions that require the involvement of a number of parties. Also, a direct investment into life insurance policies is fraught with a number of practical issues and entails risks that are not directly related to longevity. This may reduce the efficiency of a direct investment in physical policies. For these reasons, a synthetic longevity market has evolved. The number of parties involved in a synthetic longevity transaction is typically smaller and the broker-dealer transferring the longevity exposure will be retaining most or all of the risks a physical investment entails. Finally, we describe the main methods used in the market to evaluate life settlement investments and the role of life expectancy providers.