Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines (English)

This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification of households that are vulnerable to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is employed to estimate local wind speeds at any locality where a tropical typhoon directly passes over or...

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Skoufias,Emmanuel;

Kawasoe,Yasuhiro;

Strobl,Eric;

Acosta,Pablo Ariel;
Document Date
2019/05/20
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8857
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Philippines,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2019/05/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines
Keywords
wind speed

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Skoufias,Emmanuel; Kawasoe,Yasuhiro; Strobl,Eric; Acosta,Pablo Ariel.

Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8857 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/114891558365425730

Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines (English)

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