Documents & Reports
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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...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 28406 Document Date: March 1, 2004 Author: Benson,Charlotte,Clay,Edward J, Baker, Alice [editor]
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Malawi and Southern Africa : climatic variability and economic performance (English)
The study takes the 2002 food crisis in Malawi as its context and uses evidence up to 2001; reassess the economic consequences in Malawi and Southern Africa more generally of climatic variability in the...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 25902 Document Date: March 31, 2003 Author: Clay,Edward J,Bohn, Louise,de Armas, Enrique Blanco,Kabambe, Singand,Tchale, Hardwick
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Bangladesh : disasters and public finance (English)
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Physical hazards that could potentially cause considerable loss of life and catastrophic physical damage and disruption to society and...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 26280 Document Date: November 30, 2002 Author: Benson,Charlotte,Clay,Edward J
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The impact of drought on sub-Saharan African economies - a preliminary examination (English)
This paper arose out of interest in the broader implications of droughts in African countries and in particular, the droughts of Southern Africa in the mid-1990s. Although the physical aspects and agricultural...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WTP401 Document Date: March 31, 1998 Author: Benson,Charlotte,Clay,Edward J