analyzes 30 years of macro-level damage data from disasters (including earthquakes, floods, and storms), according to income … paper reviews the micro-level evidence of disaster impacts on the livelihoods of the poorest households. The evidence …

after the 1998 flood. Ethiopian households that receive international remittances seem to rely more on cash reserves and …

expensive than post-disaster financing, it should mainly cover immediate needs, while long-term expenditures should be financed … through post-disaster financing (including ex post borrowing and tax increases). In other words, sovereign insurance should …

-post resources (such as post-disaster aid), is identified. It determines the losses to be financed by ex ante financial instruments …

lives per year, avoid between 460 million and 2.7 billion Euros of disaster asset losses per year, and produce between 3 …

decreases; (ii) capital at risk -- and thus economic losses in case of disaster -- increases faster than economic growth; (iii …This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … in a general analytical framework, with an application to hurricane flood risks in New Orleans. It concludes that where …

This paper investigates the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on economic growth across developing …-19 on economic growth - thus, identifying factors that contribute to the economic resilience of countries during the … pandemic shocks. The findings show that the pandemic's impact on the decline in growth was substantive across the different …

This paper uses nationally representative survey data from Mexico to compare households with savings accounts in formal …