Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America
In the past decades, natural disasters have caused substantial human and economic losses in Central America, with strong adverse impacts on gross domestic product per capita, income, and poverty reduction. This study provides a regional perspective...
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okr-10986-245282021-04-23T14:04:22Z Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America Ishizawa, Oscar A. Miranda, Juan Jose SANITATION IMPACTS OF HURRICANE POVERTY POVERTY RISKS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HURRICANE INTENSITY IMPACT OF HURRICANES POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC GROWTH STORM NATIONAL ACCOUNTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES WIND SPEED INCOME POVERTY INCOME POVERTY RATES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION STORMS ANNUAL GROWTH RATE CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT DEATH DISASTER HURRICANE DAMAGE MODELS DAMAGES INDIRECT ECONOMIC EFFECTS PRICE CONFLICT MEASURES HURRICANES POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY HURRICANE DAMAGE WELFARE INDICATORS RURAL POPULATIONS MAJOR HURRICANES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RELIEF EXTREME POVERTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS IMPACTS OF HURRICANE NATURAL DISASTER HURRICANE CENTER QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HURRICANE IMPACT EFFECTS OF HURRICANES INDIRECT ECONOMIC EFFECTS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL DISASTERS MAJOR HURRICANES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS DISASTERS EXOGENOUS INPUT CYCLONES IMPORTS WELFARE INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE TROPICAL STORM CONSUMPTION DROUGHTS HUMAN CAPITAL RISK ASSESSMENT ECONOMIC IMPACT NATURAL HAZARDS EFFECTS OF HURRICANES DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK POLICIES INTENSITY OF HURRICANES BANK HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME POVERTY CLIMATE TROPICAL STORMS NATIONAL INCOME PER‐CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD HEAD DAMAGE RELIEF EFFORTS NATURAL CATASTROPHE IMPACT OF DISASTERS TROPICAL STORMS RURAL POVERTY POVERTY EFFECTS OF HURRICANE MARKET ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POLICY MONETARY TERMS MONETARY TERMS TARGETING TROPICAL STORM IMPACT OF HURRICANES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL AREAS HURRICANE EXTREME POVERTY ECONOMIC IMPACTS RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT WIND SPEEDS WIND SPEEDS RURAL AREAS POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS RISK MANAGEMENT INTENSITY OF HURRICANES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POOR DISASTER RISK RISK MANAGEMENT INTENSITY OF STORMS EXOGENOUS INPUT ECONOMIC GROWTH IMPACTS OF HURRICANES NATURAL HAZARDS WIND SPEED RELIEF EFFORTS IMPACT OF HURRICANES RISK ASSESSMENT RECONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NATURAL DISASTERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY In the past decades, natural disasters have caused substantial human and economic losses in Central America, with strong adverse impacts on gross domestic product per capita, income, and poverty reduction. This study provides a regional perspective on the impact of hurricane windstorms on socioeconomic measures in the short term. Apart from modeling the socioeconomic impact at the macro and micro levels, the study incorporates and juxtaposes data from a hurricane windstorm model categorizing three hurricane damage indexes, which lends a higher level of detail, nuance, and therefore accuracy and comprehensiveness to the study. One standard deviation in the intensity of a hurricane windstorm leads to a decrease in growth of total per capita gross domestic product of between 0.9 and 1.6 percent, and a decrease in total income and labor income by 3 percent, which in turn increases moderate and extreme poverty by 1.5 percentage points. These results demonstrate the causal relationship between hurricane windstorm impacts and poverty in Central America, producing regional evidence that could improve targeting of disaster risk management policies toward those most impacted and thus whose needs are greatest. 2016-06-14T20:20:11Z 2016-06-14T20:20:11Z 2016-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26422934/weathering-storms-understanding-impact-natural-disasters-poor-central-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24528 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7692 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Central America |
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SANITATION IMPACTS OF HURRICANE POVERTY POVERTY RISKS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HURRICANE INTENSITY IMPACT OF HURRICANES POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC GROWTH STORM NATIONAL ACCOUNTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES WIND SPEED INCOME POVERTY INCOME POVERTY RATES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION STORMS ANNUAL GROWTH RATE CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT DEATH DISASTER HURRICANE DAMAGE MODELS DAMAGES INDIRECT ECONOMIC EFFECTS PRICE CONFLICT MEASURES HURRICANES POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY HURRICANE DAMAGE WELFARE INDICATORS RURAL POPULATIONS MAJOR HURRICANES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RELIEF EXTREME POVERTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS IMPACTS OF HURRICANE NATURAL DISASTER HURRICANE CENTER QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HURRICANE IMPACT EFFECTS OF HURRICANES INDIRECT ECONOMIC EFFECTS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL DISASTERS MAJOR HURRICANES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS DISASTERS EXOGENOUS INPUT CYCLONES IMPORTS WELFARE INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE TROPICAL STORM CONSUMPTION DROUGHTS HUMAN CAPITAL RISK ASSESSMENT ECONOMIC IMPACT NATURAL HAZARDS EFFECTS OF HURRICANES DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK POLICIES INTENSITY OF HURRICANES BANK HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME POVERTY CLIMATE TROPICAL STORMS NATIONAL INCOME PER‐CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD HEAD DAMAGE RELIEF EFFORTS NATURAL CATASTROPHE IMPACT OF DISASTERS TROPICAL STORMS RURAL POVERTY POVERTY EFFECTS OF HURRICANE MARKET ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POLICY MONETARY TERMS MONETARY TERMS TARGETING TROPICAL STORM IMPACT OF HURRICANES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL AREAS HURRICANE EXTREME POVERTY ECONOMIC IMPACTS RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT WIND SPEEDS WIND SPEEDS RURAL AREAS POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS RISK MANAGEMENT INTENSITY OF HURRICANES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POOR DISASTER RISK RISK MANAGEMENT INTENSITY OF STORMS EXOGENOUS INPUT ECONOMIC GROWTH IMPACTS OF HURRICANES NATURAL HAZARDS WIND SPEED RELIEF EFFORTS IMPACT OF HURRICANES RISK ASSESSMENT RECONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NATURAL DISASTERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY |
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SANITATION IMPACTS OF HURRICANE POVERTY POVERTY RISKS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HURRICANE INTENSITY IMPACT OF HURRICANES POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC GROWTH STORM NATIONAL ACCOUNTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES WIND SPEED INCOME POVERTY INCOME POVERTY RATES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION STORMS ANNUAL GROWTH RATE CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT DEATH DISASTER HURRICANE DAMAGE MODELS DAMAGES INDIRECT ECONOMIC EFFECTS PRICE CONFLICT MEASURES HURRICANES POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY HURRICANE DAMAGE WELFARE INDICATORS RURAL POPULATIONS MAJOR HURRICANES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RELIEF EXTREME POVERTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS IMPACTS OF HURRICANE NATURAL DISASTER HURRICANE CENTER QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HURRICANE IMPACT EFFECTS OF HURRICANES INDIRECT ECONOMIC EFFECTS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL DISASTERS MAJOR HURRICANES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS DISASTERS EXOGENOUS INPUT CYCLONES IMPORTS WELFARE INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE TROPICAL STORM CONSUMPTION DROUGHTS HUMAN CAPITAL RISK ASSESSMENT ECONOMIC IMPACT NATURAL HAZARDS EFFECTS OF HURRICANES DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK POLICIES INTENSITY OF HURRICANES BANK HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME POVERTY CLIMATE TROPICAL STORMS NATIONAL INCOME PER‐CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD HEAD DAMAGE RELIEF EFFORTS NATURAL CATASTROPHE IMPACT OF DISASTERS TROPICAL STORMS RURAL POVERTY POVERTY EFFECTS OF HURRICANE MARKET ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POLICY MONETARY TERMS MONETARY TERMS TARGETING TROPICAL STORM IMPACT OF HURRICANES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL AREAS HURRICANE EXTREME POVERTY ECONOMIC IMPACTS RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT WIND SPEEDS WIND SPEEDS RURAL AREAS POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS RISK MANAGEMENT INTENSITY OF HURRICANES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POOR DISASTER RISK RISK MANAGEMENT INTENSITY OF STORMS EXOGENOUS INPUT ECONOMIC GROWTH IMPACTS OF HURRICANES NATURAL HAZARDS WIND SPEED RELIEF EFFORTS IMPACT OF HURRICANES RISK ASSESSMENT RECONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NATURAL DISASTERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY Ishizawa, Oscar A. Miranda, Juan Jose Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America |
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Latin America & Caribbean Central America |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7692 |
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In the past decades, natural disasters
have caused substantial human and economic losses in Central
America, with strong adverse impacts on gross domestic
product per capita, income, and poverty reduction. This
study provides a regional perspective on the impact of
hurricane windstorms on socioeconomic measures in the short
term. Apart from modeling the socioeconomic impact at the
macro and micro levels, the study incorporates and
juxtaposes data from a hurricane windstorm model
categorizing three hurricane damage indexes, which lends a
higher level of detail, nuance, and therefore accuracy and
comprehensiveness to the study. One standard deviation in
the intensity of a hurricane windstorm leads to a decrease
in growth of total per capita gross domestic product of
between 0.9 and 1.6 percent, and a decrease in total income
and labor income by 3 percent, which in turn increases
moderate and extreme poverty by 1.5 percentage points. These
results demonstrate the causal relationship between
hurricane windstorm impacts and poverty in Central America,
producing regional evidence that could improve targeting of
disaster risk management policies toward those most impacted
and thus whose needs are greatest. |
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Working Paper |
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Ishizawa, Oscar A. Miranda, Juan Jose |
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Ishizawa, Oscar A. Miranda, Juan Jose |
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Ishizawa, Oscar A. |
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Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America |
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Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America |
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Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America |
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Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America |
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Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America |
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weathering storms : understanding the impact of natural disasters on the poor in central america |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26422934/weathering-storms-understanding-impact-natural-disasters-poor-central-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24528 |
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