Wading Out the Storm

Vista sencilla de ítem
dc.creatorErman, Alvina
dc.creatorTariverdi, Mercedeh
dc.creatorObolensky, Marguerite
dc.creatorChen, Xiaomeng
dc.creatorVincent, Rose Camille
dc.creatorMalgioglio, Silvia
dc.creatorRentschler, Jun
dc.creatorHallegatte, Stephane
dc.creatorYoshida, Nobuo
dc.date2019-08-16T15:25:55Z
dc.date2019-08-16T15:25:55Z
dc.date2019-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:40:59Z
dc.descriptionDar es Salaam is frequently affected by severe flooding causing destruction and impeding daily life of its 4.5 million inhabitants. The focus of this paper is on the role of poverty in the impact of floods on households, focusing on both direct (damage to or loss of assets or property) and indirect (losses involving health, infrastructure, labor, and education) impacts using household survey data. Poorer households are more likely to be affected by floods; directly affected households are more likely female-headed and have more insecure tenure arrangements; and indirectly affected households tend to have access to poorer quality infrastructure. Focusing on the floods of April 2018, affected households suffered losses of 23 percent of annual income on average. Surprisingly, poorer households are not over-represented among the households that lost the most - even in relation to their income, possibly because 77 percent of total losses were due to asset losses, with richer households having more valuable assets. Although indirect losses were relatively small, they had significant well-being effects for the affected households. It is estimated that households’ losses due to the April 2018 flood reached more than US$100 million, representing between 2-4 percent of the gross domestic product of Dar es Salaam. Furthermore, poorer households were less likely to recover from flood exposure. The report finds that access to finance play an important role in recovery for households.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788241565625141093/Wading-Out-the-Storm-The-Role-of-Poverty-in-Exposure-Vulnerability-and-Resilience-to-Floods-in-Dar-Es-Salaam
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/32269
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-8976
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409053
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8976
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectFLOOD
dc.subjectFLOOD RISK
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY
dc.subjectCLIMATE RESILIENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.titleWading Out the Storm
dc.titleThe Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

Archivos

Colecciones

AgroKnow