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Valuing Mortality and Morbidity in the Context of Disaster Risks

dc.contributor.author L. Cropper, Maureen
dc.contributor.author Sahin, Sebnem
dc.date.accessioned 2012-03-19T19:08:54Z
dc.date.available 2012-03-19T19:08:54Z
dc.date.issued 2009-02-01
dc.description.abstract Benefit-cost analyses of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects are an important tool for evaluating the efficiency of such projects, and an important input into decision making. These analyses, however, often fail to monetize the benefits of reduced death and injury. The authors review the literature on valuing reduced death and injury, and suggest methods for calculating order-of-magnitude estimates of these benefits. Because few empirical estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) are available for developing countries, methods for transferring estimates from high income to middle and low income countries are reviewed. The authors suggest using the range of values implied by an income elasticity of 1.0 and an elasticity of 1.5. With regard to injury valuation they discuss arguments for and against monetizing Quality Adjusted Life Years, and provide shortcuts to valuing injuries that may be used to assess their importance in DRR benefit-cost analyses. en
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_20090225142643
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4041
dc.language English
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4832
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCIDENTAL DEATH
dc.subject AIR
dc.subject AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject AIR QUALITY
dc.subject ANXIETY
dc.subject AUTOMOBILE
dc.subject BICYCLE HELMETS
dc.subject BICYCLE SAFETY
dc.subject BLOOD VESSELS
dc.subject BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject BURNS
dc.subject CAR
dc.subject CARDIAC ARREST
dc.subject CASUALTIES
dc.subject CERVICAL SPINE
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS
dc.subject COMMUTERS
dc.subject COMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subject CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject CONTINGENT VALUATION
dc.subject COST ANALYSES
dc.subject COST ANALYSIS
dc.subject COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject CRASH COSTS
dc.subject CRED
dc.subject DAMAGES
dc.subject DAT DATABASE
dc.subject DEATH RATE
dc.subject DEATH TOLL
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT
dc.subject DISABILITIES
dc.subject DISASTER
dc.subject DISASTER MITIGATION
dc.subject DISASTER MITIGATION PROJECTS
dc.subject DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject DISASTER RISK
dc.subject DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.subject DISASTER RISKS
dc.subject DISASTER TYPE
dc.subject DISASTERS
dc.subject DISCOUNT RATE
dc.subject DISCOUNT RATES
dc.subject DISCOUNTED VALUE
dc.subject DROUGHTS
dc.subject DROWNING
dc.subject EARLY WARNING
dc.subject EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
dc.subject EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject EARTHQUAKES
dc.subject ECONOMICS LITERATURE
dc.subject ECONOMISTS
dc.subject ELASTICITIES
dc.subject ELASTICITY
dc.subject EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject EMERGENCY ROOM
dc.subject EMERGENCY SERVICES
dc.subject EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
dc.subject EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject EVACUATION
dc.subject EXPECTED UTILITY
dc.subject EXPECTED VALUE
dc.subject FATAL INJURIES
dc.subject FATAL INJURY
dc.subject FATALITIES
dc.subject FATALITY
dc.subject FLOOD
dc.subject FLOODS
dc.subject FORECASTS
dc.subject FRACTURES
dc.subject GDP
dc.subject HEALTH RISKS
dc.subject HIGHWAY
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HURRICANE
dc.subject HURRICANES
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject INFECTIOUS DISEASE
dc.subject INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject INJURED PERSONS
dc.subject INJURIES
dc.subject INJURY
dc.subject INJURY PREVENTION
dc.subject INJURY RISK
dc.subject INJURY SCALE
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject LAND USE
dc.subject LANDSLIDES
dc.subject LEISURE
dc.subject LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject MARGINAL COST
dc.subject MARGINAL UTILITY
dc.subject MEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subject MEDICINE
dc.subject MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
dc.subject MOBILITY
dc.subject MORBIDITY
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MOTORISTS
dc.subject NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject POLLUTION
dc.subject PRESENT VALUE
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS
dc.subject QUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subject REPLACEMENT COSTS
dc.subject RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject RISK ANALYSIS
dc.subject RISK AVERSION
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
dc.subject RISK NEUTRAL
dc.subject RISK REDUCTIONS
dc.subject ROAD
dc.subject ROAD SAFETY
dc.subject ROAD TRAFFIC
dc.subject SAFETY
dc.subject SAFETY DEVICE
dc.subject SAFETY HELMETS
dc.subject SAFETY REGULATIONS
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject STORM
dc.subject STORMS
dc.subject TOLL
dc.subject TOTAL COSTS
dc.subject TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
dc.subject TRAFFIC CRASHES
dc.subject TRAFFIC INJURIES
dc.subject TRAFFIC SAFETY
dc.subject TRANSPORT
dc.subject TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
dc.subject TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject TROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subject TRUE
dc.subject TSUNAMI
dc.subject TSUNAMIS
dc.subject UTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subject UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
dc.subject VALUATION
dc.subject VEHICLES
dc.subject VOLCANOES
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WEALTH
dc.subject WILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.subject WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject WOUNDS
dc.subject WTP
dc.title Valuing Mortality and Morbidity in the Context of Disaster Risks en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4832
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20090225142643
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 10288375
okr.identifier.report WPS4832
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative The World Region
okr.region.administrative The World Region
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population
okr.topic Transport
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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