Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness
Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase in the...
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AGRICULTURAL SHOCK AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ARMED CONFLICTS ASSET HOLDING AVALANCHES CAPITA CONSUMPTION CAPITAL FLOWS CASE STUDY CASH RESERVES CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CROP LOSSES CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DIASPORA DISASTER EVENT DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISEASES DOMESTIC REMITTANCES DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES EMIGRATION EQUIPMENT FAMINE FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN LIFE HURRICANE HURRICANES ILLNESS IMPACT OF REMITTANCES INCOME INCOME SHOCKS INCOMES INCREASE IN REMITTANCES INFORMAL REMITTANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES INVENTORIES JOB TRAINING LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CAPACITY LOSS OF ASSETS MACROECONOMIC DATA MICRO-DATA MIGRANT MIGRANT ASSOCIATIONS MIGRANT REMITTANCE MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MOBILE PHONES MONETARY FUND MONEY TRANSFER NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION PEACE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PORTFOLIO PRIVATE DEBT PROGRESS RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL DUMMIES REMITTANCE REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE RECEIVING REMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCE TRANSFER REMITTANCE TRANSFERS REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCES REMITTANCES FOR INVESTMENT REMITTANCES REMITTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ROLE OF REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SHOCKS TO INCOMES SOCIAL COUNCIL STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS STOCKS STORMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSFER CHANNELS TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBAN AREAS USE OF REMITTANCES VULNERABILITY WAR |
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AGRICULTURAL SHOCK AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ARMED CONFLICTS ASSET HOLDING AVALANCHES CAPITA CONSUMPTION CAPITAL FLOWS CASE STUDY CASH RESERVES CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CROP LOSSES CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DIASPORA DISASTER EVENT DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISEASES DOMESTIC REMITTANCES DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES EMIGRATION EQUIPMENT FAMINE FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN LIFE HURRICANE HURRICANES ILLNESS IMPACT OF REMITTANCES INCOME INCOME SHOCKS INCOMES INCREASE IN REMITTANCES INFORMAL REMITTANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES INVENTORIES JOB TRAINING LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CAPACITY LOSS OF ASSETS MACROECONOMIC DATA MICRO-DATA MIGRANT MIGRANT ASSOCIATIONS MIGRANT REMITTANCE MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MOBILE PHONES MONETARY FUND MONEY TRANSFER NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION PEACE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PORTFOLIO PRIVATE DEBT PROGRESS RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL DUMMIES REMITTANCE REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE RECEIVING REMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCE TRANSFER REMITTANCE TRANSFERS REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCES REMITTANCES FOR INVESTMENT REMITTANCES REMITTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ROLE OF REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SHOCKS TO INCOMES SOCIAL COUNCIL STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS STOCKS STORMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSFER CHANNELS TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBAN AREAS USE OF REMITTANCES VULNERABILITY WAR Mohapatra, Sanket Joseph, George Ratha, Dilip Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness |
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Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 4972 |
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Macro- and micro-economic evidence
suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing
households against natural disasters and in coping with the
loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic
data shows that remittances increase in the aftermath of
natural disasters in countries that have a larger number of
migrants abroad. Analysis of household survey data in
Bangladesh shows that per capita consumption was higher in
remittance-receiving households than in others after the
1998 flood. Ethiopian households that receive international
remittances seem to rely more on cash reserves and less on
selling household assets or livestock to cope with drought.
In Burkina Faso and Ghana, international
remittance-receiving households, especially those receiving
remittances from high-income developed countries, tend to
have housing built of concrete rather than mud and greater
access to communication equipment, suggesting that they are
better prepared against natural disasters. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Mohapatra, Sanket Joseph, George Ratha, Dilip |
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Mohapatra, Sanket Joseph, George Ratha, Dilip |
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Mohapatra, Sanket |
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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness |
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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness |
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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness |
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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness |
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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness |
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remittances and natural disasters : ex-post response and contribution to ex-ante preparedness |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-43532021-04-23T14:02:17Z Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness Mohapatra, Sanket Joseph, George Ratha, Dilip AGRICULTURAL SHOCK AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ARMED CONFLICTS ASSET HOLDING AVALANCHES CAPITA CONSUMPTION CAPITAL FLOWS CASE STUDY CASH RESERVES CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CROP LOSSES CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DIASPORA DISASTER EVENT DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISEASES DOMESTIC REMITTANCES DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES EMIGRATION EQUIPMENT FAMINE FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL SERVICES FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN LIFE HURRICANE HURRICANES ILLNESS IMPACT OF REMITTANCES INCOME INCOME SHOCKS INCOMES INCREASE IN REMITTANCES INFORMAL REMITTANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES INVENTORIES JOB TRAINING LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CAPACITY LOSS OF ASSETS MACROECONOMIC DATA MICRO-DATA MIGRANT MIGRANT ASSOCIATIONS MIGRANT REMITTANCE MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MOBILE PHONES MONETARY FUND MONEY TRANSFER NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION PEACE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PORTFOLIO PRIVATE DEBT PROGRESS RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL DUMMIES REMITTANCE REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE RECEIVING REMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCE TRANSFER REMITTANCE TRANSFERS REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCES REMITTANCES FOR INVESTMENT REMITTANCES REMITTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ROLE OF REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SHOCKS TO INCOMES SOCIAL COUNCIL STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS STOCKS STORMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSFER CHANNELS TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBAN AREAS USE OF REMITTANCES VULNERABILITY WAR Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase in the aftermath of natural disasters in countries that have a larger number of migrants abroad. Analysis of household survey data in Bangladesh shows that per capita consumption was higher in remittance-receiving households than in others after the 1998 flood. Ethiopian households that receive international remittances seem to rely more on cash reserves and less on selling household assets or livestock to cope with drought. In Burkina Faso and Ghana, international remittance-receiving households, especially those receiving remittances from high-income developed countries, tend to have housing built of concrete rather than mud and greater access to communication equipment, suggesting that they are better prepared against natural disasters. 2012-03-19T19:14:36Z 2012-03-19T19:14:36Z 2009-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111019081744 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4353 English Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 4972 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |