Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Washington D.C. Metro Area United States
Occupation
Practice Manager at World Bank Group. International Development, Public Policy and Infrastructure Finance.
Industry
Finance / Banking / Insurance
About
Abhas Jha is Practice Manager, Urban and Disaster Risk Management (East Asia and the Pacific) within the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice for the World Bank. He leads operations and strategy, technical quality control and risk management of one of the largest portfolios of lending, technical assistance and advisory services within the World Bank.
Tags
disasters
uncertainty
risk
vietnam
indonesia
resilience
bangladesh
philippines
infrastructure
communication
china
climate change
india
extreme weather
urban
integrated flood risk management
urban flooding
urban land use
global disaster platform
parametric insurance
caribbean catastrophe risk insurance facility
cat bonds
disaster risk financing
ccrif
index insurance
post damage needs assessments
aceh
housing reconstruction
land-use
bam
nias
urban planning
damage assessments
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