Helping South Asia cope better with natural disasters: The role of social protection

Development Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-698

  Heltberg, Rasmus ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; NATURAL DISASTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; TURKEY;

EID: 35348975093     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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