itle:Emerging Risks in the 21st Century: An Agenda for Action
Author:Emerging Risks, An Agenda
Publisher:OECD
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Date01227
Pages: 290 pages
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Format: PDF
Size:2 MB

Description:This book explores the implications of these developments for economy and society in the 21st century, focussing in particular on the potentially significant increase in the vulnerability of major systems. It concentrates on five large risk clusters: natural disasters, technological accidents, infectious diseases, food safety and terrorism, identifies the challenges facing OECD countries and sets out recommendations for governments and the private sector as to how the management of emerging systemic risks might be improved.