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consumption and around 0.4 fewer meals per day per person. Poverty increased by 12 and 17.5 percentage points in two of the three … protection in the aftermath of the shock at the cost of lower income growth in the future. In disentangling the channels, the …
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Natural disasters could constitute a major shock to public finances and debt sustainability because of their impact on …
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This paper examines the relationship between spatial and economic mobility in Uganda using longitudinal data from 2005 through 2012. The study relies on a detailed panel tracking survey and exploits exogenous variation in the spatial intensity of violent conflict, rainfall shocks, distance from...
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salinization threats. The analysis uses appropriate estimation techniques, including adjustments for spatial autocorrelation, and … working-age adults (particularly males), dependency ratios, and poverty incidence than their counterparts in non … outside earnings. Those left behind face a far greater likelihood of extreme poverty than their counterparts in less …
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This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on structural change from agriculture to non-farm in a rural economy. This paper develops a theoretical model that focuses on higher migration costs due to restrictions on alienability, and identifies the possibility of a reverse...
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country's recent progress on poverty eradication and shared prosperity. As metrics of disaster impacts, poverty incidence and …Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper … main measure of disaster severity. Using an agent-based model that represents explicitly the recovery and reconstruction …
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inhabitants. The focus of this paper is on the role of poverty in the impact of floods on households, focusing on both direct …
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drivers behind the impacts. The study concludes that policy efforts aimed at accelerating poverty reduction in Mozambique will …
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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 …
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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 …
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