experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. The most intensive … treatment doubled the rate of job offers but had no identifiable effect on international labor migration. Even the highest … (34 percent). The paper concludes that unilateral migration facilitation will at most induce a trickle, not a flood, of …

understood. This study investigates a policy discontinuity in the Philippines that resulted in quasi-random assignment of … temporary, partial-household migration to high-wage jobs in Korea. This allows unusually reliable measurement of the reduced …

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 …. The results are robust to several robustness checks, including analysis of bias from selective migration, and indicate …

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

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

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 …

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 …

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

impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Africa. The first phase of the study used a version of a …