The welfare impact of a natural disaster depends on its effect on consumption, not only on the direct asset losses and … human losses that are usually estimated and reported after disasters. This paper proposes a framework to assess disaster … after a disaster destroys part of the capital stock are better estimated by using the average—not the marginal …

The authors explore the two-sided link between malaria morbidity and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita growth …. Climate significantly affects cross-country differences in malaria morbidity. Tropical location is not destiny, however …: greater access to rural health care and greater income equality are associated with lower malaria morbidity. But the …

dataset where 1,621 individuals in Delhi were observed for 16 weeks through detailed weekly interviews on morbidity and health … terms of prevalence, practitioner visits, and household health expenditure: Individuals report a short duration morbidity in … one out of every five weeks. Moreover, one out of every three weeks reported with a short duration morbidity results in a …

there are significant differences in disaster and climate shock impacts and recovery between conflict and non …

This paper proposes a framework for ex ante evaluation of sovereign disaster risk finance instruments available to … governments for funding disaster losses. The framework can be used by governments to help choose between different financial … disaster losses, taking into account the risk of disasters, economic conditions, and political constraints. The paper discusses …

help resolve these commitment problems. Using a simple model of disaster risk finance is used to identify three distinct …

When a natural disaster destroys public capital, these direct losses are exacerbated by indirect losses arising from … examine sovereign disaster risk insurance, increased taxation, and budget reallocation as alternative financing mechanisms for …