Disasters caused by natural hazards do not affect everyone equally. Women and persons with disabilities are particularly vulnerable due to preexisting social and economic inequalities, such as limited...
Disasters caused by natural hazards do not affect everyone equally. Women and persons with disabilities are particularly vulnerable due to preexisting social and economic inequalities, such as limited...
This study systematically reviews the literature that quantifies the economic benefits of weather observations and forecasts in four weather-dependent economic sectors: agriculture, energy, transport...
Rural roads, serving as vital links between remote areas and economic centers, play an indispensable role in rural development. This paper investigates the relationship between rural road development and...
Early warning systems are a cornerstone of disaster risk reduction, enabling timely alerts and protective actions that save lives and reduce damages. Yet, despite their documented cost-effectiveness and...
Many African countries are experiencing rapid urbanization. However, job creation has not kept pace, resulting in persistently high urban unemployment rates. Based on basic job search theory, the paper...
The US-China direct flights in mid-2023 were only 7 percent of those available in mid-2019. This quasi-experiment informs the debate on air transport de-carbonization. An estimated structural model shows...
Many developing cities are facing rapid population growth and extreme climate events. This paper examines the link between job accessibility and climate vulnerability, using data from Antananarivo, Madagascar...
The paper reexamines how to measure job accessibility in environments with limited data availability and applies different methods to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Job creation and accessibility...
El Gobierno de Uruguay, a través de la Administración Nacional de Educación Públic (ANEP) vienen ejecutando inversiones con el fin de proveer nueva infraestructura y mejorar la condición de la infraestructura...
El reporte avanzó en la identificación de las principales amenazas hidroclimáticas a las que se encuentra expuesto el país en general y la infraestructura educativa en particular, con énfasis en los riesgos...
El Gobierno de Uruguay, a través de la Administración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP), viene ejecutando inversiones con el fin de proveer nueva infraestructura y mejorar la condición de la infraestructura...
This work contributes to CGAP’s vision for a Responsible Digital Finance Ecosystem (RDFE), where financial and nonfinancial authorities, providers, consumer representatives, and market facilitators collaborate...
Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events due to its frequent exposure to floods and extensive low-lying areas. Coastal flood risks are expected to increase due climate change. Therefore...
This paper investigates the impact of conflicts on flood-affected households in Nigeria, utilizing a balanced panel dataset derived from the Living Standards Measurement Survey data collected in 2012...
This paper examines the compounded effects of conflict on household recovery following disasters, using Nigeria as a case study. The analysis employs the “Unbreakable” microsimulation model to analyze...
Urban areas accumulate heat, developing distinct urban climates that differ from the regional climate, leading to elevated mean air temperatures within cities. In tropical climates, such as Bangkok, this...
Oil price increases that began in late 2020 led to a global proliferation of liquid fuel subsidies and price controls as governments tried to reduce, redistribute, or delay the impact of rising and volatile...
Oil prices have been increasingly volatile since 2004. However, the impact of this volatility on domestic end-user prices differs significantly by fuel and country. Some countries fully pass through global...
Most disaster risk assessments use damages to physical assets as their central metric, often neglecting distributional impacts and the coping and recovery capacity of affected people. To address this shortcoming...
