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Tonga : Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance

Tonga is an archipelago composed of 172 islands spread across a combined land and sea area of 72,000sq.km. According to the 2011 census, Tonga had a population of 103, 252 people spread across 36 of the 172 islands. A population scattered so widely across such a large area can pose logistical proble...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
CLIMATE CHANGE
DISASTER
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
EARTHQUAKES
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
EVACUATION
FINANCIAL RISK
INDEMNITY
INSURANCE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK EXPOSURE
TROPICAL CYCLONE
TROPICAL CYCLONES CLIMATE CHANGE
TROPICAL CYCLONES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24158036/tonga-country-note
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21695

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24158036/tonga-country-note
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21695

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