Showing 1 - 10 of 43
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796736
experience suggests there are ways to strengthen policy frameworks to increase resilience to natural disaster shocks, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671629
permanent damages to public and private capital, the disaster causes temporary losses of productivity, inefficiencies during the … policies, such as building adaptation infrastructure and fiscal buffers, and contrast these policies with the post-disaster …, while helping withstand the impact of the natural disaster. In an application to Vanuatu, we find that donors should provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011748744
infrastructures become more digitalized, integrated, and interdependent, they require an even higher degree of resilience. Moreover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795082
that could substantially improve disaster-resilience. Results show that (i) climaterelated disasters have a significant … negative impact on medium-term growth, especially for sub-Saharan Africa; and (ii) a disaster's intensity matters much more … outcomes are critical for raising resilience to floods and storms. Better access to finance, telecommunications, and use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170064
This paper studies the economic costs of hurricanes in the Caribbean by constructing a novel dataset that combines a detailed record of tropical cyclones' characteristics with reported damages. I estimate the relation between hurricane wind speeds and damages in the Caribbean; finding that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715466
The decline in oil prices in 2014-16 was one of the sharpest in history, and put to test the resilience of oil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705066
This paper studies the role of fiscal policies and institutions in building resilience in sub-Saharan African countries … drivers of fragility and resilience are closely intertwined, we use GMM estimation as well as a probabilistic framework to … significantly and fairly robustly associated with building resilience. Similar conclusions arise from a study of the progression of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445825
foundations for future resilience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170239
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441714