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Is disaster risk reduction spending driven by the occurrence of natural disasters? : evidence from Peru
Miller, Sebastián; Vela, Mauricio A. - 2014
This paper studies the allocation of total disaster risk reduction public spending among regions in Peru. The main … received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …
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Quake’n and shake’n…forever! : long-run effects of natural disasters : a case study on the 1970 Ancash earthquake
Caruso, Germán; Miller, Sebastián - 2014
This study estimates the effects of the 1970 Ancash earthquake on human capital accumulation on the affected and subsequent generation, 37 years after the shock, using the Peruvian censuses of 1993 and 2007. The main finding is that males affected by the earthquake in utero completed on average...
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Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction : success or warning sign for Paris?
Myšiak, Jaroslav; Surminski, Swenja; Thieken, Annegret; … - 2015
In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at … the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR, March 14 - 18, 2015). We review and discuss …
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Foreign aid in the aftermath of large natural disasters
Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Noy, Ilan - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684079
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Empirical forecasting of slow-onset disasters for improved emergency response : an application to Kenya's Arid and semi-Arid lands
Mude, Andrew G.; Barrett, Christopher B.; McPeak, John G.; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003402972
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Natural disasters and demand for redistribution : lessons from an earthquake
Gualtieri, Giovanni; Nicolini, Marcella; Sabatini, Fabio; … - 2018
The literature shows that when a society believes that wealth is determined by random "luck" rather than by merit, it demands more redistribution. Adverse shocks, like earthquakes, strengthen the belief that random "bad luck" can frustrate the outcomes achieved with merit. We theoretically...
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Are people willing to pay to prevent natural disasters?
Guiso, Luigi; Jappelli, Tullio - 2024
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Natural disasters, epidemics and intergovernmental relations : more or less decentralisation?
Mello, Luiz R. de; Jalles, João Tovar - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500643
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Disaster and political trust : a natural experiment from the 2017 Mexico City earthquake
Frost, Margaret; Kim, Sangeun; Scartascini, Carlos G.; … - 2024
examines whether natural disasters can impact general political trust and if disaster relief efforts can mitigate these effects …. We investigate the relationships between disaster, trust, and aid using novel survey data collected before and after a 7 ….1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City in September 2017. Our findings reveal that the disaster resulted in an 11% decrease in …
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The disaster of private sector esearch and development in Australia
Nevile, J. W. - 1985
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