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?ects on the macroecon-omy. Research on disaster risks has also actively been pursued in the macroeconomic models of climate … change. Our paper uses insights from the former work to study disaster risks in the macroeconomics of climate change and to … spell out policy needs. Empirically the link between carbon dioxide emission and the frequency of climate re-lated disaster …
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targets with expected disaster shocks. This paper contributes to the literature and policy dialogue by theoretically analyzing …
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Using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, we study the channels through which natural disaster shocks … affect macroeconomic outcomes and welfare in disaster-prone countries. We solve the model using Taylor projection, a solution … find large and persistent effects of weather shocks that significantly impact the income convergence path of disaster …
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post-disaster relief and recovery efforts. This paper estimates the effects of severe natural disasters on fiscal revenues … budgetary savings needed to build appropriate fiscal buffers. Fiscal buffers provide self-insurance against natural disaster …
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Belize's tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in recent years with overnight tourist arrivals registering double digit annual growth rates since 2016. To guide the development of the tourism sector from 2012 to 2030, the government endorsed a National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan in...
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ex-ante preparedness is needed to manage the risks. The paper discusses sovereign experience with disaster insurance as a … use by vulnerable countries. The paper especially aims to inform policy decisions on disaster insurance. Through …
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Resilience to climate change and natural disasters hinges on two fundamental elements: financial protection -insurance and self-insurance- and structural protection -investment in adaptation. Using a dynamic general equilibrium model calibrated to the St. Lucia's economy, this paper shows that...
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permanent damages to public and private capital, the disaster causes temporary losses of productivity, inefficiencies during the … policies, such as building adaptation infrastructure and fiscal buffers, and contrast these policies with the post-disaster …, while helping withstand the impact of the natural disaster. In an application to Vanuatu, we find that donors should provide …
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