Remittances and natural disasters: Ex-post response and contribution to ex-ante preparedness

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-387

  Mohapatra, Sanket ^a   Joseph, George ^a   Ratha, Dilip ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Development finance; Insurance; Migration; Natural disasters; Poverty; Remittances

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MACROECONOMICS; MICROECONOMICS; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; NATURAL DISASTER; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

BANGLADESH; BURKINA FASO; GHANA;

EID: 84859850164     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9330-8     Document Type: Article

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