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A gender-sensitive earthquake recovery assessment using administrative and satellite data : the Case of Indonesia's 2016 Aceh earthquake

Akter, Sonia; Chairunissa, Talitha Fauzia; Pundit, Madhavi - 2022

from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument, distance from the earthquake epicenters collected from the … average monthly nighttime radiance and W2DI scores in earthquake-affected and unaffected villages of the Aceh Province before … and after the 2016 earthquake series. Similar to studies using the nighttime radiance to monitor disaster recovery and …

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How bad are weather disasters for banks?

Blickle, Kristian; Hamerling, Sarah N.; Morgan, Donald P. - 2021

Not very. We find that weather disasters over the last quarter century had insignificant or small effects on U.S. banks' performance. This stability seems endogenous rather than a mere reflection of federal aid. Disasters increase loan demand, which offsets losses and actually boosts profits at...

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Long-term growth effects of natural disasters : empirical evidence for droughts

Berlemann, Michael; Wenzel, Daniela - 2015

The ongoing process of climate change goes along with a higher frequency and/or severity of droughts. While the short-term growth consequences of droughts are comparatively well examined, little research has yet been devoted to the question whether and how droughts affect medium and long-term...

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Natural Disasters : Mitigating Impact, Managing Risks

Laframboise, N. - 2012

This paper reviews the literature on the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters and presents the IMF's role in assisting countries coping with natural catastrophes. Focusing on seven country cases, the paper describes the emergency financing, policy support, and technical assistance provided...

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Enhancing Macroeconomic Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Small States of the Pacific

Cabezon, Ezequiel R. - 2015

Natural disasters and climate change are interrelated macro-critical issues affecting all Pacific small states to varying degrees. In addition to their devastating human costs, these events damage growth prospects and worsen countries' fiscal positions. This is the first cross-country IMF study...

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How do natural disasters affect services trade?

Xu, Ankai; Kouwoaye, Amèvi Rocard - 2019 - Manuscript date: 6 December 2019

This paper is the first in the literature to examine the impact of natural disasters on trade in services. We measure the magnitude of natural disasters using two distinct sets of variables and quantify the effect of natural disasters on trade in services using a structural gravity model. We...

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Fifty years of U.S. natural disaster insurance policy

Marcoux, Kendra; Wagner, Katherine R. H. - 2023

The high and increasing cost of natural disasters around the world motivates a growing body of literature on the role of natural disaster insurance in adapting to climate change. This chapter reviews current challenges in both public and private natural disaster insurance markets in the United...

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Global increase in climate-related disasters

Thomas, Vinod; López, Ramón - 2015

Intense climate-related disasters - floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves - have been on the rise worldwide. At the same time and coupled with an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, temperatures, on average, have been rising, and are becoming more variable and more...

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Thomas, Vinod; Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Perez, Rosa T. - 2013

Natural disasters are on the rise worldwide. There are more and more intense natural disasters - which are defined to cause at least 100 deaths or to affect the basic survival needs of at least 1,000 people - resulting from floods and storms as well as droughts and heat waves. The Asia and the...

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Disaster insurance in developing Asia : an analysis of market-based schemes

Surminski, Swenja; Panda, Architesh; Lambert, Peter John - 2019

In recent years, insurance against natural disasters has gained recognition as an important tool for climate risk management that could, if carefully implemented, help increase the resilience of those insured. In response, insurance solutions are increasingly tested and applied in many countries...

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