To what degree can vulnerability to extreme weather events be mitigated by access to a rural livelihoods program …

This paper investigates the effects of multiple weather shocks on household welfare in Mozambique, as well as some of … various weather risks. Experiencing a cyclone, flood, or drought leads to a drop of up to 25-30 percent in per capita food … that household welfare and economic mobility in low-income environments are constrained by uninsured weather risks …

targeting of disaster risk management policies toward those most impacted and thus whose needs are greatest …

Mozambique is among the African countries most exposed to weather-related hazards. Using detailed gridded precipitation … weather shocks that occur early in life. Individuals exposed to floods while in utero or during the first year of life are … weather shocks …

from 43 rainfall stations in the Philippines to quantify the extent to which unusual weather has any negative effects on …

to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is employed to estimate …

disaster risk management framework of the Philippines, taking the lead coordinating role in disaster response activities …. Consequently, social protection programs are on the frontlines of disaster response in the Philippines. This paper focuses …This paper evaluates how the Philippines utilize social protection systems and programs to help households better …

Although keeping bank supervision independent from macroprudential supervision may ensure more checks and balances …, placing bank supervision in the central bank could exploit synergies with macroprudential supervision. This paper studies … as financial stability policy, typically entrusted to the central bank, can improve financial stability. Specifically …

mechanism by which government interventions contribute to banks' risk-shifting behavior as reported in recent studies on bank … level runs via competition. (iv) Government interventions disparately affect bank customers' welfare. While liquidity …

This paper presents the latest update of the World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey, and explores two … on non-bank activities, (c) were less strict in the regulatory treatment of bad loans and loan losses, and (d) had weaker … schemes became more generous, and some reforms were introduced in the area of bank governance and bank resolution …