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Can We Rely on VIIRS Nightlights to Estimate the Short-Term Impacts of Natural Hazards? Evidence from Five South East Asian Countries (anglais)

This paper utilizes Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) nightlights to model damage caused by earthquakes, floods and typhoons in five South East Asian countries (Indonesia, Myanmar, the...

360° Resilience : A Guide to Prepare the Caribbean for a New Generation of Shocks – The Macroeconomic Impacts of Natural Disasters in the Caribbean : Background Paper (anglais)

This paper provides a review and assessment of the current literature on the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters in the Caribbean, including other non-Caribbean studies that may have implications...

Can We Rely on VIIRS Nightlights to Estimate the Short-Term Impacts of Natural Disasters ? (anglais)

Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) nightlights are used to model damage caused by earthquakes, floods, and typhoons in five Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines...

Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines (anglais)

This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification...

Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines (anglais)

The reallocation of district-level spending and natural disasters : evidence from Indonesia (anglais)

This paper combines district-level government spending data from Indonesia and natural disaster damage indices to analyze the extent to which districts are forced to reallocate their expenditures across...

The reallocation of district-level spending and natural disasters : evidence from Indonesia : The reallocation of district-level spending and natural disasters : evidence from Indonesia (anglais)

This paper combines district-level government spending data from Indonesia and natural disaster damage indices to analyze the extent to which districts are forced to reallocate their expenditures across...

The impact of hurricane strikes on short-term local economic activity : evidence from nightlight images in the Dominican Republic (anglais)

The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to adverse natural events putting the country at risk of losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains due to the impacts of disasters. This study uses...

Natural disaster damage indices based on remotely sensed data: an application to Indonesia (anglais)

Combining nightlight data as a proxy for economic activity with remote sensing data typically used for natural hazard modeling, this paper constructs novel damage indices at the district level for Indonesia...

Natural disaster damage indices based on remotely sensed data : an application to Indonesia (anglais)

Combining nightlight data as a proxy for economic activity with remote sensing data typically used for natural hazard modeling, this paper constructs novel damage indices at the district level for Indonesia...

The world bank economic review 28 (3) (anglais)

This paper is organized in following headings: can we trust shoestring evaluations?; evaluation of development programs: randomized controlled trials or regressions?; effects of Colombia’s social protection...

The effect of weather-induced internal migration on local labor markets : evidence from Uganda (anglais)

Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, authors estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination...

Is small better? : a comparison of the effect of large and small dams on cropland productivity in South Africa (anglais)

The authors estimate and compare the effects of small and large irrigation dams on cropland productivity in South Africa. To this end, the authors construct a panel data set of South African river basins...

The effect of weather-induced internal migration on local labor markets : evidence from Uganda (anglais)

Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, this paper estimates the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the...

Is small better ? a comparison of the effect of large and small dams on cropland productivity in South Africa (anglais)

This study estimates and compares the effects of small and large irrigation dams on cropland productivity in South Africa. To this end, a panel data set of South African river basins is constructed. The...