Disasters, Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Lessons and Directions

This paper explores the links among natural disasters, climate change and economic development, and attempts to outline a framework for considering these links. The paper summarises the limited knowledge of the long-term economic impact of natural disasters. Drawing links among disasters, resource m...

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Main Authors:	Chhibber, Ajay, Laajaj, Rachid
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Development Planning and Policy: General O200 Climate Natural Disasters Global Warming Q540 Environmental Economics: Government Policy Q580
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5521

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spelling	okr-10986-55212021-04-23T14:02:22Z Disasters, Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Lessons and Directions Chhibber, Ajay Laajaj, Rachid Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Development Planning and Policy: General O200 Climate Natural Disasters Global Warming Q540 Environmental Economics: Government Policy Q580 This paper explores the links among natural disasters, climate change and economic development, and attempts to outline a framework for considering these links. The paper summarises the limited knowledge of the long-term economic impact of natural disasters. Drawing links among disasters, resource management, conflicts and other transmission channels is a necessary condition to develop an appropriate response. The paper argues that African governments along with their development partners need to develop a more robust adaptation and response capability to disasters as part of development planning. The paper makes the case for more market-based financing mechanisms than have been used hitherto and an emphasis on forecasting research. It also argues for more work on the links between climate change and disasters and a new way of looking at disaster resilience as a continuum to development strategy. 2012-03-30T07:33:14Z 2012-03-30T07:33:14Z 2008 Journal Article Journal of African Economies 09638024 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5521 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Africa
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description	This paper explores the links among natural disasters, climate change and economic development, and attempts to outline a framework for considering these links. The paper summarises the limited knowledge of the long-term economic impact of natural disasters. Drawing links among disasters, resource management, conflicts and other transmission channels is a necessary condition to develop an appropriate response. The paper argues that African governments along with their development partners need to develop a more robust adaptation and response capability to disasters as part of development planning. The paper makes the case for more market-based financing mechanisms than have been used hitherto and an emphasis on forecasting research. It also argues for more work on the links between climate change and disasters and a new way of looking at disaster resilience as a continuum to development strategy.
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author	Chhibber, Ajay Laajaj, Rachid
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title	Disasters, Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Lessons and Directions
title_short	Disasters, Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Lessons and Directions
title_full	Disasters, Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Lessons and Directions
title_fullStr	Disasters, Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Lessons and Directions
title_full_unstemmed	Disasters, Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Lessons and Directions
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Disasters, Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Lessons and Directions

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