The Welfare Effects of Extreme Weather Events : Insights from Three APEC Case Studies
This report uses new measures of extreme weather and methodologies to gauge their welfare effects. A myriad of methodological issues and data constraints plague empirical work on the effects of extreme weather events on human welfare. The shocks th...
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okr-10986-130392021-04-23T14:03:02Z The Welfare Effects of Extreme Weather Events : Insights from Three APEC Case Studies World Bank Weather extremes Welfare loss Innovative tools Estimation strategy Natural disasters Households Low rainfall Propensity score matching Community-based programs Health outcomes Consumption Rural areas child health disaster relief Droughts Floods Storms Monsoon rainfall Hurricane This report uses new measures of extreme weather and methodologies to gauge their welfare effects. A myriad of methodological issues and data constraints plague empirical work on the effects of extreme weather events on human welfare. The shocks themselves are often poorly measured and the lack of sufficiently long panel data or historical data on past events often forces a focus on effects in the short run. Economy wide effects of local shocks are typically only explored within the context of computable general equilibrium models which are very structural in nature. Proper evaluation of public interventions requires correction for the unobserved characteristics of the areas which receive the programs. The overall study was organized in four pillars: 1) fiscal options to address climate change; 2) technological options and role of trade and investment policies in fostering them; 3) capacity needs assessments; and 4) the human welfare effects of extreme weather events. To enable more in depth understanding of the methodologies used and the country specific insights emerging, the background papers underpinning each of the four pillars have been compiled in separate reports. This report provides an in-depth review of the empirical findings emanating from three country case studies examining the welfare effects of extreme weather. It concerns the occurrence of droughts in Indonesia, rainfall and temperature volatility in Mexico and droughts, floods and hurricanes in Vietnam. 2013-03-28T18:14:08Z 2013-03-28T18:14:08Z 2012-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16336066/welfare-effects-extreme-weather-events-insights-three-apec-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13039 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Indonesia Mexico Vietnam |
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This report uses new measures of extreme
weather and methodologies to gauge their welfare effects. A
myriad of methodological issues and data constraints plague
empirical work on the effects of extreme weather events on
human welfare. The shocks themselves are often poorly
measured and the lack of sufficiently long panel data or
historical data on past events often forces a focus on
effects in the short run. Economy wide effects of local
shocks are typically only explored within the context of
computable general equilibrium models which are very
structural in nature. Proper evaluation of public
interventions requires correction for the unobserved
characteristics of the areas which receive the programs. The
overall study was organized in four pillars: 1) fiscal
options to address climate change; 2) technological options
and role of trade and investment policies in fostering them;
3) capacity needs assessments; and 4) the human welfare
effects of extreme weather events. To enable more in depth
understanding of the methodologies used and the country
specific insights emerging, the background papers
underpinning each of the four pillars have been compiled in
separate reports. This report provides an in-depth review of
the empirical findings emanating from three country case
studies examining the welfare effects of extreme weather. It
concerns the occurrence of droughts in Indonesia, rainfall
and temperature volatility in Mexico and droughts, floods
and hurricanes in Vietnam. |
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The Welfare Effects of Extreme Weather Events : Insights from Three APEC Case Studies |
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The Welfare Effects of Extreme Weather Events : Insights from Three APEC Case Studies |
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The Welfare Effects of Extreme Weather Events : Insights from Three APEC Case Studies |
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The Welfare Effects of Extreme Weather Events : Insights from Three APEC Case Studies |
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The Welfare Effects of Extreme Weather Events : Insights from Three APEC Case Studies |
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welfare effects of extreme weather events : insights from three apec case studies |
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Washington, DC |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16336066/welfare-effects-extreme-weather-events-insights-three-apec-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13039 |
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