An Exploration of the Link between Development, Economic Growth, and Natural Risk

An Exploration of the Link between Development, Economic Growth, and Natural Risk

This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters in a general analytical framework, with an application to hurricane flood risks in New Orleans. It concludes that where capital ac...

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Main Author: Hallegatte, Stephane
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
BORROWING
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAPITALS
CASUALTIES
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
COST FUNCTIONS
COST OF CAPITAL
DAMAGES
DEATH TOLL
DECISION MAKING
DECISIONMAKING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISASTER
DISASTER INSURANCE
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER RISKS
DRIVERS
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC COSTS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LOSS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
EMERGENCY SERVICES
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
EVACUATION
EXTERNALITY
EXTREME EVENTS
FATALITIES
FLOOD
FLOOD PROTECTIONS
FLOODED
FLOODING
FLOODS
FORECASTS
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH POLICIES
GROWTH RATE
HOUSING
HURRICANE
HURRICANES
INCOME
INCOME ELASTICITY
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE PREMIUM
INTEREST RATE
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVENTORIES
INVESTIGATIONS
LARGE CITIES
LDCS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MIGRATION
MORAL HAZARD
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
OPTIMIZATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
RATES
REINSURANCE
RISK AVERSION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK SHARING
RISK TAKING
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SLUMS
STORM
STORMS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPORT
TROPICAL CYCLONE
TSUNAMIS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTION
WEALTH
WIND SPEED
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16792662/exploration-link-between-development-economic-growth-natural-risk
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12052

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16792662/exploration-link-between-development-economic-growth-natural-risk
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12052

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