This paper presents a model to assess the socioeconomic resilience to natural disasters of an economy, defined as its capacity to mitigate the impact of disaster-related asset losses on welfare. The paper proposes a tool to help decision makers identify the most promising policy options to reduce welfare losses from natural disasters. Applied to riverine and storm surge floods, earthquakes, windstorms, and tsunamis in 117 countries, the model provides...
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2016/11/14
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS7886
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2016/11/14
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Disclosed
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Socioeconomic resilience : multi-hazard estimates in 117 countries
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consumption