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… the major challenges associated with designing adaptive financing products - and creating solutions that can reduce such barriers. It serves as a launch point for any organization beginning to think about creative financing solutions to disaster … Recovery … Adaptive Finance to Support Post-Disaster Recovery Laura M. Hammett (Master of Environmental Management '17) Katy Mixter (MBA '17, Master of Environmental Management '17) …