In the Eye of the Storm-The Welfare Impacts of a Hurricane

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2578-2589

  Jakobsen, Kristian Thor ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asset accumulation; Hurricane; Latin America; Nicaragua; Poverty trap

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE MITCH 1998; POVERTY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WELFARE IMPACT;

LATIN AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 84869097176     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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