limited share of total losses but a large shock for poor households. The analysis also demonstrates that adaptation could … shown by the survey, the marginalized population has little access to financial support in disaster aftermaths, and …

probability of disaster occurrence to decrease with income; (ii) the capital at risk - and thus the economic losses in case of … disaster - to increase faster than economic growth; (iii) the average annual losses to grow faster than income at low levels of … observation of a trend in disaster losses should not be confused with the presence of excessive risk taking. In a descriptive …

disaster.” However these assessments are based on different methodologies and approaches, and they often reach different … results. Besides methodological differences, these discrepancies are due to the multi-dimensionality in disaster impacts and … disaster, and emphasizes the most important mechanisms that explain and determine this cost. It does so by first explaining why …