Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters (English)

The study described here examines the short- and long-term economic, and financial impacts of natural disasters. It relies in part, on in-depth case studies of overall sensitivity to natural hazards in the small island economy of Dominica; public finance consequences of disasters in Bangladesh; and, the economic consequences of climatic variability, and the use of climatic forecasting in Malawi and southern Africa. Policy implications are drawn, and...

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Benson,Charlotte;

Clay,Edward J;

Baker, Alice [editor];
Document Date
2004/03/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
28406
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Malawi, Dominica, Bangladesh, Africa,
Region
South Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters
Keywords
natural hazard

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Benson,Charlotte; Clay,Edward J; Baker, Alice [editor].

Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters (English). Disaster Risk Management series ; no. 4 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/146811468757215744

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