Natural Disasters and Household Welfare : Evidence from Vietnam

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dc.creatorThomas, Timothy
dc.creatorChristiaensen, Luc
dc.creatorDo, Quy-Toan
dc.creatorTrung, Le Dang
dc.date2012-03-19T18:43:08Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:43:08Z
dc.date2010-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:03:40Z
dc.descriptionAs natural disasters hit with increasing frequency, especially in coastal areas, it is imperative to better understand how much natural disasters affect economies and their people. This requires disaggregated measures of natural disasters that can be reliably linked to households, the first challenge this paper tackles. In particular, a methodology is illustrated to create natural disaster and hazard maps from first hand, geo-referenced meteorological data. In a second step, the repeated cross-sectional national living standard measurement surveys (2002, 2004, and 2006) from Vietnam are augmented with the natural disaster measures derived in the first phase, to estimate the welfare effects associated with natural disasters. The results indicate that short-run losses from natural disasters can be substantial, with riverine floods causing welfare losses of up to 23 percent and hurricanes reducing welfare by up to 52 percent inside cities with a population over 500,000. Households are better able to cope with the short-run effects of droughts, largely due to irrigation. There are also important long-run negative effects, in Vietnam mostly so for droughts, flash floods, and hurricanes. Geographical differentiation in the welfare effects across space and disaster appears partly linked to the functioning of the disaster relief system, which has so far largely eluded households in areas regularly affected by hurricane force winds.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3974
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-5491
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414846
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5491
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADAPTATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DROUGHT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DROUGHTS
dc.subjectANISOTROPY
dc.subjectBANKS
dc.subjectCALCULATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATOLOGY
dc.subjectCLOUD COVER
dc.subjectCLOUDS
dc.subjectCOASTAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectCOASTAL FLOOD
dc.subjectCOASTAL FLOODS
dc.subjectCOPING CAPACITY
dc.subjectCRU
dc.subjectCYCLONE TRACKS
dc.subjectDAMAGES
dc.subjectDISASTER AID
dc.subjectDISASTER ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDISASTER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectDISASTER PREVENTION
dc.subjectDISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDISASTER RECOVERY
dc.subjectDISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subjectDISASTER RELIEF
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.subjectDISASTER RISKS
dc.subjectDISASTER TYPES
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectDROUGHT EVENTS
dc.subjectDROUGHT FREQUENCY
dc.subjectDROUGHT INDICES
dc.subjectDROUGHT RISK
dc.subjectDROUGHTS
dc.subjectDRY MONTHS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectEXTREME EVENTS
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHER
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHER EVENT
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subjectFAMINES
dc.subjectFLOOD
dc.subjectFLOOD CONTROL
dc.subjectFLOOD EVENTS
dc.subjectFLOOD PRONE AREAS
dc.subjectFLOODED
dc.subjectFLOODING
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectFOOD AID
dc.subjectHEAVY RAIN
dc.subjectHEAVY RAINFALL
dc.subjectHURRICANE
dc.subjectHURRICANES
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS
dc.subjectIMPACTS OF DROUGHTS
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subjectLAKES
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLANDSLIDES
dc.subjectLOSSES FROM FLOODS
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subjectMITIGATION
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTER
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectNATURAL HAZARD
dc.subjectNATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subjectPP
dc.subjectPRECIPITATION
dc.subjectRADIOACTIVITY
dc.subjectRECONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectRELIEF EFFORTS
dc.subjectRISK ANALYSIS
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSELF INSURANCE
dc.subjectSTORM
dc.subjectSTORM TRACKS
dc.subjectSTORMS
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectTROPICAL CYCLONE
dc.subjectTROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subjectTROPICAL STORM
dc.subjectTROPICAL STORMS
dc.subjectWATER SHORTAGES
dc.subjectWATER TANK
dc.subjectWEATHER PATTERNS
dc.subjectWIND
dc.subjectWIND SPEED
dc.subjectWIND SPEEDS
dc.titleNatural Disasters and Household Welfare : Evidence from Vietnam

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