Natural Disasters and Household Welfare : Evidence from Vietnam

Thomas, Timothy; Christiaensen, Luc; Do, Quy Toan; Trung, Le Dang

dc.creator	Thomas, Timothy
dc.creator	Christiaensen, Luc
dc.creator	Do, Quy Toan
dc.creator	Trung, Le Dang
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:43:08Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:43:08Z
dc.date	2010-12-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:06:55Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:06:55Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101203104559
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3974
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244944
dc.description	As 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.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5491
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADAPTATION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL DROUGHTS
dc.subject	ANISOTROPY
dc.subject	BANKS
dc.subject	CALCULATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATOLOGY
dc.subject	CLOUD COVER
dc.subject	CLOUDS
dc.subject	COASTAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	COASTAL FLOOD
dc.subject	COASTAL FLOODS
dc.subject	COPING CAPACITY
dc.subject	CRU
dc.subject	CYCLONE TRACKS
dc.subject	DAMAGES
dc.subject	DISASTER AID
dc.subject	DISASTER ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DISASTER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DISASTER PREVENTION
dc.subject	DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DISASTER RECOVERY
dc.subject	DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RELIEF
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RISKS
dc.subject	DISASTER TYPES
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	DROUGHT EVENTS
dc.subject	DROUGHT FREQUENCY
dc.subject	DROUGHT INDICES
dc.subject	DROUGHT RISK
dc.subject	DROUGHTS
dc.subject	DRY MONTHS
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER EVENT
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject	FAMINES
dc.subject	FLOOD
dc.subject	FLOOD CONTROL
dc.subject	FLOOD EVENTS
dc.subject	FLOOD PRONE AREAS
dc.subject	FLOODED
dc.subject	FLOODING
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FOOD AID
dc.subject	HEAVY RAIN
dc.subject	HEAVY RAINFALL
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF DROUGHTS
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	LAKES
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LANDSLIDES
dc.subject	LOSSES FROM FLOODS
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subject	MITIGATION
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARD
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject	PP
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	RADIOACTIVITY
dc.subject	RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	RELIEF EFFORTS
dc.subject	RISK ANALYSIS
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SELF INSURANCE
dc.subject	STORM
dc.subject	STORM TRACKS
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONE
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subject	TROPICAL STORM
dc.subject	TROPICAL STORMS
dc.subject	WATER SHORTAGES
dc.subject	WATER TANK
dc.subject	WEATHER PATTERNS
dc.subject	WIND
dc.subject	WIND SPEED
dc.subject	WIND SPEEDS
dc.title	Natural Disasters and Household Welfare : Evidence from Vietnam
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	Southeast Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Vietnam