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Natural disasters and economic inequality: Insights from wildfires across the globeNatural disasters cause economic damages and may exacerbate disparities in income distribution among countries across the globe...
Natural disasters Gini coefficient InequalityWorking Paper
Climate vulnerability and government resource mobilization in developing countriesThere is substantial empirical literature on the impact of climate vulnerability on economic outcomes in developing countries. However, this literature is still weak on the impact of climate vulnerability on tax revenue mobilization...
Climate Vulnerability Developing countriesWorking Paper
Hidden hostility: donor attention and political violencePolitical violence is a worldwide problem that has been on the rise over the past decade. The international dimension of domestic repression and dissent is a particularly relevant factor yet surprisingly understudied...
Political violence Repression RiotsWorking Paper
Marriage market responses in the wake of a natural disaster in IndiaThis paper examines the impact of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake on age at marriage and other assortative matching outcomes...
Age at marriage India EarthquakeWorking Paper
Remote sensing of urban cyclone impact and resilience: Evidence from IdaiCyclone Idai, the most devastating cyclone ever recorded in Southern Africa, caused havoc in large parts of central Mozambique, especially the port city of Beira, upon its landfall in March 2019...
Remote sensing Natural disasters UrbanWorking Paper
Cash grants to manufacturers after Cyclone Idai: RCT evidence from MozambiqueIn March 2019, Cyclone Idai hit central Mozambique and caused widespread damage, including businesses in the enterprise sector...
Firms Manufacturing Natural disastersWorking Paper
Cyclone impacts on manufacturing firms in MozambiqueThis study investigates how manufacturing companies were affected by tropical Cyclone Idai, which struck Central Mozambique in March 2019...
Firms Natural disastersSeminar
Ricardo Santos presents on vulnerability to natural shocks in MozambiqueOn 3 April, Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, will give a presentation at a seminar at the Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning ( CEDIL ) on ‘Vulnerability to Natural Shocks: Assessing the Short-Term Impact of...
Seminar
Vincenzo Salvucci presents at the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique 2019 seminar seriesVincenzo Salvucci, a researcher from the University of Copenhagen, will present a seminar on 13 March 2019 at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. The seminar is titled Vulnerabilidade às Calamidades Naturais: Avaliação do...
Journal Article
Public disclosure for carbon abatement: African decision-makers in a PROPER public good experimentA linear public good experiment adopted from Holt and Laury [1997. Classroom games: Voluntary provision of a public good...
Field experiments Pollution Public goodsVideo
Agriculture Adaptation OptionsConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 5.3
Natural disasters Financial crisis AgricultureVideo
Climate Change and Human Conflict in Sub-Saharan AfricaConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 6.1
Political economy Natural disasters Climate changeVideo
Social ProtectionConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 6.2
Households Natural disasters CreditJournal Article
Risks of Coastal Storm Surge and the Effect of Sea Level Rise in the Red River Delta, VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
Climate change Environment Natural disastersWorking Paper
Public disclosure for pollution abatement: African decision-makers in a PROPER public good experimentA linear public good experiment has been employed to investigate strategic behaviour in pollution abatement among African climate decision-makers...
Group decision making Hazardous wastes Natural disastersWorking Paper
Cost and Impact Analysis of Sea Level Rise on Coastal VietnamThe Development under Climate Change research effort provides a basis for determining quantitative impacts on infrastructure from climate change. This paper provides results of an analysis of sea level rise impacts on road infrastructure in Vietnam...
Environment Natural disasters Climate change