Journal Article

IDS Bulletin 38.3

Comment on ‘The Role of Social Risk Management in Development: A World Bank View’

Published on 1 May 2007

The world is a risky place. Many of us reading this IDS Bulletin will have ample ways of dealing with risk. A look through my ‘to pay’ box at home reveals bills for home and car insurance and for credit cards.

I have a five-year employment contract with IDS, a university pension, and should something happen to my health, I can draw on government disability benefits or the National Health Service.

I am able to live in an area of the UK that does not suffer from high levels of crime or violence. I am able to live and work in a part of the world that is not in the middle of a war zone and does not suffer from catastrophic flooding or earthquakes.

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Haddad, L. (2007) Comment on ‘The Role of Social Risk Management in Development: A World Bank View’. IDS Bulletin 38(3): 14-16

Authors

Lawrence Haddad

Honorary Associate

Publication details

journal
IDS Bulletin, volume 38, issue 3
doi
10.1111/j.1759-5436.2007.tb00365.x
language
English

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