Economic Resilience : Definition and Measurement

Economic Resilience : Definition and Measurement

The welfare impact of a disaster does not only depend on the physical characteristics of the event or its direct impacts in terms of lost lives and assets. Welfare impacts also depend on the ability of the economy to cope, recover, and reconstruct...

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Main Author:	Hallegatte, Stephane
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES AIR POLLUTION ASSET VALUE ASSETS AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BENCHMARK BORROWING CAPITAL COST CAPITAL GAINS CAPITAL THEORY CATASTROPHES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION COAL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LOSS DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECT VALUE DISASTER DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK FINANCING DISASTER SITUATIONS DISCOUNTED VALUE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PROBLEM ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMIC STATISTICS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIC VALUE ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL RETURNS FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOOD FLOODS FUTURE CONSUMPTION GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HURRICANE HURRICANE SEASON HURRICANES IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFLATION INSURANCE INSURANCE CLAIMS INSURANCE SCHEMES INSURANCE SYSTEMS INTEREST RATE INVENTORY JOBS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LOSS IN CONSUMPTION MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL UTILITY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY OUTPUTS POLITICAL PROCESS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POSITIVE EXTERNALITY POWER GENERATION PRESENT VALUE PRICE INCREASE PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAMS RECONSTRUCTION RELATIVE PRICE RELATIVE PRICES RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK SHARING SAVINGS SCENARIOS SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESS STORM STORMS SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIERS TAX REVENUES THUNDERSTORMS TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSACTION COSTS TSUNAMI UNDERESTIMATES UNEMPLOYMENT UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS UTILITY IMPACT VALUATION VALUE OF OUTPUT WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19456702/economic-resilience-definition-measurement-economic-resilience-definition-measurement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18341

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