We provide an initial framework regarding priorities for government programs to reduce the natural-disaster … not necessarily imply that social insurance programs should be expanded. Inasmuch as disaster risk management policies at …

already recovered. Using the PCED Social Protection Survey conducted 6 months after the disaster, we find that 36% of the …

comprehensive retrospective information on households’ historic experience with weather shocks. Exposure to the weather shock … significantly reduces the likelihood of being enrolled in mandatory school two to three years after the shock. Similarly, it … significantly reduces the probability of completing basic education ten to eleven years after the shock. Both effects are driven by …

disaster prone countries with weak social safety nets. …

Mozambique is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. A bigger than usual, and mostly unexpected, flood … results are relevant for policy planning, natural disaster management, and for ex ante vulnerability assessment in Mozambique …

Climate-related natural disaster shocks are expected to rise as the earth is getting warmer, which will adversely … of development gains and exacerbate inequality. To cope with increasing disaster risks, both short-term adaptation … strategies like relocation, government transfers, and other social safety nets, as well as long-term strategies like disaster …

We test if and how banks adjust their lending in response to disaster risk in the form of a natural catastrophe … disaster shocks faced especially by small and medium firms. …

significant decrease in income for farm households following the shock. The income shock affected enrollment of girls the most … this income shock. These results imply that income shocks could be a threat to the Universal Primary Education. …