This paper studies the allocation of total disaster risk reduction public spending among regions in Peru. The main … index of historical physical impacts of natural disasters, social vulnerability, and institutional capacity was created. It … vulnerability is a main determinant of the distribution of prevention spending but conditioned on being affected by climatological …

In this paper we propose a new measure of vulnerability called vulnerability to downside risk. The relevant benchmark …) axiomatic measure of vulnerability to poverty. We apply a measure of both vulnerability to downside risk and to poverty to data … substantially between different wealth groups. Consequently, the relation between initial wealth and vulnerability to downside risk …

In this paper we propose an approach to vulnerability called perceived vulnerability to downside risk. We argue that … propose to use subjective risk perception as the source of information for quantifying vulnerability since it overcomes some … vulnerability to downside risk to risk perception data from Thailand and Vietnam and find that households in the latter country tend …