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Shocks and social protection in the Horn of Africa : analysis from the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia
Béné, Christophe; Devereux, Stephen; Sabates-Wheeler, … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009658907
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Building resilence against adverse shocks : what are the determinants of vulnerability and resilence?
Andersen, Lykke E.; Cardona, Marcelo - 2013
factors and strategies associated with high resilience or high vulnerability. The results show that the single most important … strategy for resilience is to have a working and income earning spouse in the household. This is still much too uncommon in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757299
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Gender and climate change in Latin America : an analysis of vulnerability, adaptation and resilience based on household surveys
Andersen, Lykke E.; Verner, Dorte; Wiebelt, Manfred - 2014
This paper analyzes gender differences in vulnerability and resilience to shocks, including climate change and climate … and resilience indicators are measured by a combination of the level of household incomes per capita and the degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459122
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Gender, ethnicity and climate change in Mexico : an analysis of vulnerability and resilience based on household surveys
Andersen, Lykke E.; Doyle, Anna Sophia; Verner, Dorte; … - 2014
This paper analyzes gender and ethnic differences in vulnerability and resilience to external shocks and stresses in … Mexico. Vulnerability and resilience are measured by a combination of the level of household incomes per capita and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459125
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Cost and impact analysis of sea level rise on coastal Vietnam
Chinowsky, Paul S.; Schweikert, Amy E.; Strzepek, Niko L. - 2014
The Development under Climate Change research effort provides a basis for determining quantitative impacts on infrastructure from climate change. This paper provides results of an analysis of sea level rise impacts on road infrastructure in Vietnam. The study utilizes a quantitative approach for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433397
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Risks, shocks, building resilience : Philippines
Llanto, Gilberto M. - 2016
resilience as indicated by its high-risk exposure and vulnerability. The objective of this paper is to point to policymakers the … importance of resilience thinking and the formulation of appropriate policy interventions to build economic resilience … shocks. This is to say that such policies should be underpinned by policy analysis and research on resilience systems. There …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448778
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How resilient was trade to Covid-19?
Bas, Maria; Fernandes, Ana; Paunov, Caroline - 2022
We examine the supply-side characteristics - unskilled labor, imported input intensity, dependence on inputs from China, production complexity - that determine different potential vulnerabilities of traded products to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on monthly exports at the product level by all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013167964
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Consequences of sharp increases in mobility costs on accessibility : suggestions for individual and public development strategies
Büttner, Benjamin Christoph - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545650