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Disasters, Poverty, and Coping Strategies: The Framework and Empirical Evidence from Micro/Household Data - Philippine Case

Israel, Danilo C.; Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2014

/or floods in Pasay City, Metro Manila have significant and negative effects on household per capita income. It concluded that …

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Impacts of Natural Disasters on Agriculture, Food Security, and Natural Resources and Environment in the Philippines

Israel, Danilo C.; Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2012

This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the impacts of natural disasters, particularly typhoons, floods … that can be undertaken. The study found that: a) typhoons, floods, and droughts have an insignificant impact on … with the impacts of typhoons; and d) the different impacts of typhoons, floods, and droughts on the natural resources and …

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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country

Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...

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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country

Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - CESifo - 2015

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Interagency guidance on issues related to lapse in federal floor insurance authority

In: Federal Reserve Bulletin (2003) Feb, pp. 77-78

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What is seen and unseen on the Gulf coast

Raskin, Max; Kjar, Scott A.; Rahm, Robert - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 490-500

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the rebuilding of the Gulf coast post-Hurricane Katrina. Design/methodology/approach – The paper posits that though Frédéric Bastiat passed away in 1850, the beauty of his sound economic reasoning is that it does not change over time and...

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Replacing incomplete markets with a complete mess: Katrina and the NFIP

Young, Andrew T. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 561-568

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the stated goals of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and then demonstrate that in practice those goals have not been achieved, and at significant cost to US taxpayers. Design/methodology/approach – The objectives are achieved by...

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The impact of hydrogeological events on firms : evidence from Italy

Clò, Stefano; David, Francesco; Segoni, Samuele - 2024

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CPD Expert Consultation on Floods : Need for Enhanced Concern, Better Coordination and Confidence Building Measures

Dialogue, The Centre for Policy - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012

2007. The meeting was called to discuss the state of affairs in the context of the ongoing floods in the country and the … that there is an urgent need to enhance the governmentâ€™s concern about the unfolding floods, improve coordination among …

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Rural people, vulnerability, and flood disasters in the Third World

Cannon, Cannon, T. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1990

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