, manifested through poorly developed financial markets. The theoretical analysis shows that the shock of a disaster occurrence … model are then tested using a panel of data on natural disaster events at the country - year level, covering the period 1979 … - 2007. We find that for countries with low levels of financial sector development, natural disaster events exert a …

This paper studies how media and democracy influence government action taken before and after a natural disaster. The … democratic institutions both contribute positively to the government's palliative effort after the disaster. However, the effects … of media and democracy on the government's preventive effort before the disaster are negative. We provide empirical …

household and aggregate levels, noting both the geographical distribution of disaster risk and its long-term implications for … development. A second section reviews types of disasters prevalent in the region, and future disaster risks, as well as the socio …