Mohapatra, SanketJoseph, GeorgeRatha, Dilip2012-03-192012-03-192009-06-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4353Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase in the aftermath of natural disasters in countries that have a larger number of migrants abroad. Analysis of household survey data in Bangladesh shows that per capita consumption was higher in remittance-receiving households than in others after the 1998 flood. Ethiopian households that receive international remittances seem to rely more on cash reserves and less on selling household assets or livestock to cope with drought. In Burkina Faso and Ghana, international remittance-receiving households, especially those receiving remittances from high-income developed countries, tend to have housing built of concrete rather than mud and greater access to communication equipment, suggesting that they are better prepared against natural disasters.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL SHOCKAMOUNT OF REMITTANCESARMED CONFLICTSASSET HOLDINGAVALANCHESCAPITA CONSUMPTIONCAPITAL FLOWSCASE STUDYCASH RESERVESCLIMATE CHANGECONSUMER DURABLESCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGCROP LOSSESCULTURAL CHANGEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT FINANCEDIASPORADISASTER EVENTDISASTER EVENTSDISASTER MANAGEMENTDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISASTER RECOVERYDISASTER REDUCTIONDISASTER RELIEFDISASTER RESPONSEDISASTER RISKDISASTER RISK REDUCTIONDISEASESDOMESTIC REMITTANCESDROUGHTDROUGHTSEARTHQUAKEEARTHQUAKESECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC IMPLICATIONSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEFFECTS OF REMITTANCESEMIGRATIONEQUIPMENTFAMINEFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL FLOWSFINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTUREFINANCIAL SERVICESFLOODFLOODINGFLOODSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD SECURITYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHOME COUNTRIESHOME COUNTRYHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD NUMBERHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATAHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN LIFEHURRICANEHURRICANESILLNESSIMPACT OF REMITTANCESINCOMEINCOME SHOCKSINCOMESINCREASE IN REMITTANCESINFORMAL REMITTANCEINSURANCEINSURANCE COMPANIESINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL CAPITALINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCEINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCESINVENTORIESJOB TRAININGLIQUIDITYLIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTSLIVING STANDARDLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL CAPACITYLOSS OF ASSETSMACROECONOMIC DATAMICRO-DATAMIGRANTMIGRANT ASSOCIATIONSMIGRANT REMITTANCEMIGRANT REMITTANCESMIGRATIONMIGRATION FLOWSMOBILE PHONESMONETARY FUNDMONEY TRANSFERNATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL HAZARDSNATURAL RESOURCENUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF MIGRANTSNUMBER OF PEOPLENUTRITIONPEACEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPORTFOLIOPRIVATE DEBTPROGRESSRECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDSRECONSTRUCTIONREGIONAL DUMMIESREMITTANCEREMITTANCE FLOWSREMITTANCE RECEIVINGREMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDSREMITTANCE TRANSFERREMITTANCE TRANSFERSREMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDSREMITTANCESREMITTANCES FOR INVESTMENTREMITTANCES REMITTANCESRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSROLE OF REMITTANCESRURAL AREASSAFETY NETSHOCKS TO INCOMESSOCIAL COUNCILSTANDARD DEVIATIONSTANDARD ERRORSSTOCKSSTORMSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRANSFER CHANNELSTSUNAMITSUNAMISURBAN AREASUSE OF REMITTANCESVULNERABILITYWARWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4972