Safety Nets and Natural Disaster Mitigation : Evidence from Cyclone Phailin in Odisha
To what degree can vulnerability to extreme weather events be mitigated by access to a rural livelihoods program, particularly with regard to the impacts on women? This paper addresses this question through a natural experiment arising from two ind...
Main Authors: | Christian, Paul, Kandpal, Eeshani, Palaniswamy, Nethra, Rao, Vijayendra |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/808311522070466796/Safety-nets-and-natural-disaster-mitigation-evidence-from-cyclone-Phailin-in-Odisha http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29555 |
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