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The impact of disasters on inflation

Parker, Miles - In: Economics of disasters and climate change 2 (2018) 1, pp. 21-48

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How do emerging markets respond to macroeconomic shocks? : dynamic panel evidence on the effects of disasters

Wang, Yabin - In: Open economies review 28 (2017) 4, pp. 731-760

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Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options

Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...

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The Production, Distribution, and Performance of Physicians, Nurses, and Midwives in Indonesia: An Update

Anderson, Ian; Meliala, Andreasta; Marzoeki, Puti; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Indonesia launched the national health insurance program - Jaminan Kesehatan National (JKN), on January 1, 2014, and aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2019. Achieving UHC means not only increasing the number of people covered but also expanding the benefits package and ensuring...

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Quake'n and Shake'n...Forever! Long-Run Effects of Natural Disasters: A Case Study on the 1970 Ancash Earthquake

Miller, Sebastian; Caruso, Germán - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

This study estimates the effects of the 1970 Ancash earthquake on human capital accumulation on the affected and subsequent generation, 37 years after the shock, using the Peruvian censuses of 1993 and 2007. The main finding is that males affected by the earthquake in utero completed on average...

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Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview of Risk

Charvériat, Céline - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

disasters in the region. A first section surveys the human and economic impact of natural disasters in the region at both the … development. A second section reviews types of disasters prevalent in the region, and future disaster risks, as well as the socio …-economic sources of vulnerability to disasters resulting from development and migration patterns. A third section discusses risk …

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Is Disaster Risk Reduction Spending Driven by the Occurrence of Natural Disasters? Evidence from Peru

Miller, Sebastian; Vela, Mauricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

index of historical physical impacts of natural disasters, social vulnerability, and institutional capacity was created. It … is found that historical impacts of climatological disasters are positively correlated with the per capita amount … received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …

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Disaster management

Gupta, Harsh K. (contributor) - 2003

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Haiti; Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access: Staff Report; Staff Statements; Press Release on th...

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

This paper presents Haitiâ€™s Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility and request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access. Manufacturing activity would be hit the most, as the largest enterprises, including the important export textile sector, have been...

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Measuring the impacts of a natural disaster on visitor confidence

Salazar, John; Hritz, Nancy - In: Tourism planning & development 21 (2024) 3, pp. 354-362

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