"The author assesses empirically the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education. Although … enrollment and natural disaster risk. This result is exclusively driven by geological disasters. Natural disaster risk exposure …

depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public assistance, which potentially creates substitution between the two … and/or livestock relative to land, and this asset-portfolio effect is significant in disaster prone areas. The empirical … consistent with the finding on the relationship between ex-ante actions and disaster risks. The results also show that among ex …

children maintain investments in the post-disaster period. Biological human capital formed in early childhood (long … post-disaster recovery process. In Ethiopia and Malawi, where droughts are rather frequent, exposure to highly frequent …

temporary shock such as a natural disaster may leave permanent consequences for the economy. An obvious permanent effect of a … one-time disaster shock is that physical man-made and natural assets owned especially by poor households may end up … completely wiped out. The disaster may not be the direct cause; it may be that poor households would have to obtain minimum …

, low quality infrastructure, and ineffective disaster risk governance. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency … and intensity of hydro meteorological natural hazards, exacerbating disaster damages and losses and disproportionately …, outline synergies between ASP and disaster risk management (DRM) to build resilience to disaster and climate shocks and …