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This paper presents a model to assess the socioeconomic resilience to natural disasters of an economy, defined as its capacity to mitigate the impact of disaster-related asset losses on welfare, and a tool to help decision makers identify the most promising policy options to reduce welfare...
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People living in poverty are particularly vulnerable to shocks, including those caused by natural disasters such as …-day and future flood and drought hazard maps. The paper defines and calculates a ?poverty exposure bias? and finds support … households, suggesting that different mechanisms?such as land scarcity?are more important drivers in urban areas. The poverty …
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