Human Wellbeing and
Sustainable Development
(Winter 2011/2012)

Pages 16-17: Beating the Poverty Trap

References:

• Hochrainer-Stigler S et al (2011) Disaster Financing and Poverty Traps for Poor Households: Realities in Northern India. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 57–82.
• Mechler R and Islam N (2011). Cost Benefit Analysis of Disaster Risk Management and Climate Adaptation in Bangladesh. In: D. Guha-Sapir and I. Santos. The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters. Assessing the Costs of Prevention, Mitigation and Adaptation, Earthscan.
• Kull D, Mechler R and Hochrainer S (2011). Probabilistic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Disaster Risk Management in a Development Context. Disasters (forthcoming).
• Bhavnani Sharma R, Hochrainer S and Mechler R (2010). Impact Assessment of Disaster Microinsurance for Pro-Poor Risk Management: Evidence from South Asia. All India Disaster Management Institute (AIDMI), Ahemadabad, Gujarat, India. Report for the ProVention Consortium, Geneva.

See sources and acknowledgements of previous issues.

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