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Rehabilitating agriculture and promoting food security following the 2010 Pakistan floods: Insights from South Asian experience
Dorosh, Paul; Malik, Sohail; Krausova, Marika - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The recent floods in Pakistan have had a devastating effect on the Pakistani population. The Office for the … the stakeholders. In the immediate aftermath of the floods, a provision of compensation based on loss of livelihoods might … lessons learned from the relief and rehabilitation response to the 2010 floods should be incorporated in contingency plans for …
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Wrong Climate for Big Dams: Destroying Rivers will Worsen Climate Change
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011
P roponents of large dams, hoping to capitalize on concern for climate change, are promoting a major expansion of large dams in developing countries. Yet large dams are highly vulnerable to climate change, which is changing rivers in ways we cannot predict. At the same time, healthy rivers are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370973
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Communicating and Using Seasonal Climate Forecasts: a Challenge Crossing National, Organizational, and Disciplinary Boundaries
Liguton, Jennifer P.T.; Hayman, Peter - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2010
The papers in this special issue come from the project "Bridging the gap between seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs) and agricultural decisionmakers in the Philippines and Australia" funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). In addition to national and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653046
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El Nino Southern Oscillation in the Philippines: Impacts, Forecasts, and Risk Management
Guzman, Rosalina G. de; Hilario, Flaviana; Ortega, Daisy; … - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2010
The climate of the Philippines is highly influenced by the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). El Nino is associated with an increased chance of drier conditions and La Nina is associated with an increased chance of wetter conditions. Changes in rainfall are associated with changes to tropical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653049
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The Impact of the 2008 Hadramout Flash Flood in Yemen on Economic Performance and Nutrition: A Simulation Analysis
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Thiele, Rainer; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
Combining a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (DCGE) model of the Yemeni economy with a microsimulation model that captures the link between changes in household incomes and changes in nutrition status, this paper provides a quantitative assessment of the agricultural, economy-wide, and...
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Natural disasters and human mobility
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2016
This paper reviews the effect of natural disasters on human mobility or migration. Although there is an increase of natural disasters and migration recently and more patterns to observe, the relationship remains complex. While some authors find that disasters increase migration, others show that...
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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country
Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - 2015
While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531715
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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country
Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - 2015
While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531809
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Do natural disasters stimulate individual saving? Evidence from a natural experiment in a highly developed country
Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - 2015
While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282366
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Environmental Disasters and Migration
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015
This paper reviews the effect of environmental disasters on migration. Although there is an increase of environmental disasters and migration over the past years, the relationship is complex. While some authors find that environmental disasters increase migration, others show that they have only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401615