Country Experience on Contingency Finance: Nicaragua

Event: 2016 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

Country Experience on Contingency Finance: Nicaragua

06 September 2016
Author / Speaker: 
Paul Oquist Kelley, Nicaragua, SCF member - Other materials by the author

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Nicaragua is the first nation in Central America to get covered by a disaster risk insurance. Was this move helpful in reducing its vulnerability? 

Type of Content: 
Learning Event

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