Natural Disasters and Food Crises in Low-Income Countries: Macroeconomic Dimensions
March 16, 2016
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Summary
The exposure of low-income countries to natural disasters has a significant impact on food production and food security. This paper provides a framework for assessing a country’s vulnerability to food crisis in the event of natural disasters. The paper finds that macroeconomic and structural indicators that are crucial for ensuring the resilience of low-income countries to adverse external shocks are equally important for minimizing the occurrence of food crisis in the event of natural disasters.
Subject: Export prices, Financial crises, Food production, Natural disasters, Probit models
Keywords: crisis, food crisis, WP
Pages:
25
Volume:
2016
DOI:
Issue:
065
Series:
Working Paper No. 2016/065
Stock No:
WPIEA2016065
ISBN:
9781513596013
ISSN:
1018-5941
