People living in poverty are particularly vulnerable to shocks, including those caused by natural disasters such as …-day and future flood and drought hazard maps. The paper defines and calculates a “poverty exposure bias” and finds support … households, suggesting that different mechanisms—such as land scarcity—are more important drivers in urban areas. The poverty …

This paper presents empirical evidence of the profound and long-term damages from adverse natural events on poverty. It … paper reviews the micro-level evidence of disaster impacts on the livelihoods of the poorest households. The evidence … disasters. It discusses detrimental long-term consequences for the income and welfare of the poor and the presence of poverty …

their way out of poverty. After discussing links between poverty, economic growth, and trade, he reports modeling results … prices in international markets, whether China's WTO accession will provide an example of trade reform aggravating poverty by … way of cuts in prices received by Chinese farmers, and the impact on food security and poverty alleviation. …

risk of poverty or deeper impoverishment due to structural factors and risks, particularly climate-related events. The … populations of Peru, Colombia, and Honduras exhibit the highest levels of vulnerability to climate-induced poverty in relative … drive most households into poverty, climate-related events exert a disproportionately severe impact on welfare when they …

the population living below the poverty line in some countries in the region. Indeed, people living in poverty are more … the extreme poor population is exposed to at least one climate shock. The region hosts climate-poverty hot spots in the … Republic of Yemen and Morocco, where adaptation to climate change will be crucial to end poverty. The resulting high …

Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among …

This paper presents a model to assess the socioeconomic resilience to natural disasters of an economy, defined as its … capacity to mitigate the impact of disaster-related asset losses on welfare, and a tool to help decision makers identify the …-level socioeconomic resilience. Because floods disproportionally affect poor people, each $1 of global flood asset loss is equivalent to a …