Documents et rapports
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Unbreakable : building the resilience of the poor in the face of natural disasters (anglais)
Economic losses from natural disasters totaled 92 billion dollars in 2015. Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure than the damage inflicted on buildings...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 110618 Date du document: 24 novembre 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hallegatte,Stephane,Vogt-Schilb,Adrien Camille,Bangalore,Mook,Rozenberg,Julie
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Socioeconomic resilience : multi-hazard estimates in 117 countries (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7886 Date du document: 14 novembre 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hallegatte,Stephane,Bangalore,Mook,Vogt-Schilb,Adrien Camille
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Exposure to floods, climate change, and poverty in Vietnam (anglais)
With 70 percent of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is exposed to many natural hazards, including river and coastal flooding. These hazards are expected to worsen due...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7765 Date du document: 25 juillet 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bangalore,Mook,Smith,Andrew I,Veldkamp,Ted
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Environmental risks and poverty : analyzing geo-spatial and household data from Vietnam (anglais)
This study combines high-resolution, geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living Standard Measurement Surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 to investigate the relationship between environmental...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7763 Date du document: 25 juillet 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Narloch,Ulf Gerrit,Bangalore,Mook
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Assessing socioeconomic resilience to floods in 90 countries (anglais)
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, and a...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7663 Date du document: 9 mai 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hallegatte,Stephane,Bangalore,Mook,Vogt-Schilb,Adrien Camille
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Higher losses and slower development in the absence of disaster risk management investments (anglais)
Global economic losses from natural disasters continue to increase. Yet, investments in disaster risk management are not universal, as they are traditionally seen as in competition with other development...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7632 Date du document: 12 avril 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hallegatte,Stephane,Bangalore,Mook,Jouanjean,Marie Agnes
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Households and heat stress: estimating the distributional consequences of climate change (anglais)
Recent economic research documents a range of adverse welfare consequences from extreme heat stress, including health, labor productivity, and direct consumption disutility impacts. Without rapid adaptation...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7479 Date du document: 5 novembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Park,Jisung,Hallegatte,Stephane,Bangalore,Mook,Sandhoefner,Evan
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Disaster risk, climate change, and poverty : assessing the global exposure of poor people to floods and droughts (anglais)
People living in poverty are particularly vulnerable to shocks, including those caused by natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Previous studies in local contexts have shown that poor people are...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7480 Date du document: 5 novembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Winsemius,Hessel C.,Jongman,Brenden,Veldkamp,Ted I.E.,Hallegatte,Stephane,Bangalore,Mook,Ward,Philip J.