the introduction of disaster funds, that is, ex-ante budgeting allocations for post-disaster reconstruction. So far the … implementation of disaster funds has been limited, in part because it is still unclear whether disaster funds provide a cost … reconstruction funds in Mexico, this paper provides some of the first estimates of the impact of disaster funds on local economic …

capital accumulates through increased density of capital at risk in a given area, (i) the probability of disaster occurrence … decreases with income; (ii) capital at risk ? and thus economic losses in case of disaster -- increases faster than economic …

plains), this paper shows that rapid development in these areas -- and the resulting increase in disaster losses -- may be … the consequence of a rational and well-informed trade-off between lower disaster losses and higher productivity. With … disasters possibly becoming less frequent but increasingly destructive in the future, average disaster losses may grow faster …