Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines

This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification of households that are vulnerable...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Kawasoe, Yasuhiro, Strobl, Eric, Acosta, Pablo
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	POVERTY VULNERABILITY NATURAL DISASTER TARGETING TYPHOONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/114891558365425730/Identifying-the-Vulnerable-to-Poverty-from-Natural-Disasters-The-Case-of-Typhoons-in-the-Philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31735

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spelling	okr-10986-317352022-09-20T00:14:52Z Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines Skoufias, Emmanuel Kawasoe, Yasuhiro Strobl, Eric Acosta, Pablo POVERTY VULNERABILITY NATURAL DISASTER TARGETING TYPHOONS This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification of households that are vulnerable to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is employed to estimate local wind speeds at any locality where a tropical typhoon directly passes over or nearby. The estimated wind speeds are merged with the household Family Income and Expenditure Surveys at the barangay level, and consumption expenditures are then regressed against wind speed (or a related damage index) and household socioeconomic characteristics. The estimated coefficients from the regression model are then used to estimate ex ante household vulnerability to poverty (the likelihood that household consumption falls below the poverty line) in the event of future natural disasters of different intensities. 2019-05-21T17:07:55Z 2019-05-21T17:07:55Z 2019-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/114891558365425730/Identifying-the-Vulnerable-to-Poverty-from-Natural-Disasters-The-Case-of-Typhoons-in-the-Philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31735 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8857 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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spellingShingle	POVERTY VULNERABILITY NATURAL DISASTER TARGETING TYPHOONS Skoufias, Emmanuel Kawasoe, Yasuhiro Strobl, Eric Acosta, Pablo Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines
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description	This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification of households that are vulnerable to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is employed to estimate local wind speeds at any locality where a tropical typhoon directly passes over or nearby. The estimated wind speeds are merged with the household Family Income and Expenditure Surveys at the barangay level, and consumption expenditures are then regressed against wind speed (or a related damage index) and household socioeconomic characteristics. The estimated coefficients from the regression model are then used to estimate ex ante household vulnerability to poverty (the likelihood that household consumption falls below the poverty line) in the event of future natural disasters of different intensities.
format	Working Paper
author	Skoufias, Emmanuel Kawasoe, Yasuhiro Strobl, Eric Acosta, Pablo
author_facet	Skoufias, Emmanuel Kawasoe, Yasuhiro Strobl, Eric Acosta, Pablo
author_sort	Skoufias, Emmanuel
title	Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines
title_short	Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines
title_full	Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines
title_fullStr	Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed	Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines
title_sort	identifying the vulnerable to poverty from natural disasters : the case of typhoons in the philippines
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/114891558365425730/Identifying-the-Vulnerable-to-Poverty-from-Natural-Disasters-The-Case-of-Typhoons-in-the-Philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31735
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Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters : The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines

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