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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
Climatic changes 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...
Climatic changes Environment Natural disastersResearch Brief
Aid Failures in Haiti: Exploring the Fatal FlawAid to Haiti has not been effective due to failure of the country’s political and economic elites to participate and assist in the development process...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Natural disastersWorking Paper
Environmental and Climate Finance in a New World: How Past Environmental Aid Allocation Impacts Future Climate AidIn this paper we update previous work that categorizes foreign aid projects in terms of their likely impact on the natural environment...
Climatic changes Cost effectiveness Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking Paper
Foreign Aid and the Failure of State Building in Haiti Under the Duvaliers, Aristide, Préval, and MartellyAfter receiving at least US$20 billion in aid for reconstruction and development over the past 60 years, Haiti has been and remains a fragile state, one of the worse globally...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Elite (Social sciences) Government accountabilityWorking Paper
Assessing the Risk of Cyclone-Induced Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise in MozambiqueThis article considers the impact of sea level rise and storm surge on the port cities of Maputo and Beira in Mozambique...
Climatic changes Econometric models (Economic development) MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Risks of Coastal Storm Surge and the Effect of Sea Level Rise in the Red River Delta, VietnamThis paper considers the impact of sea level rise and storm surge on the Red River delta region of Vietnam an area already known to be highly vulnerable to coastal risks...
Climatic changes Environment Natural disastersBook
Understanding Small-Island Developing States: Fragility and External ShocksSmall island developing states (SIDS) are characterised by high economic, geographical and social vulnerability...
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aid International tradeBlog
Climate Change Adds to Risks in North Africa
Imed Drine The climate change threat North Africa is going through a turbulent year...
Agriculture Climatic changes Economic developmentWorking Paper
Climate Change Compounding Risks in North AfricaThe impact of climate change on agriculture and poor groups’ livelihoods are one of the greatest potential threats to development and a key challenge in climate change agenda...
Agriculture Climatic changes Economic developmentBook Chapter
Remittances in Small Island Developing StatesFrom the book: Understanding Small-Island Developing States
Economic assistance and foreign aid Emigrant remittances Natural disastersBlog
Surprises Ahead?
Tony Addison With six months remaining till the end of 2011, it’s time to take a peek into the near future. What can we expect? John Kenneth Galbraith once said that economic forecasting was invented to make astrology look respectable...
Agriculture Climatic changes Debts, Public