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dc.contributor.authorAttzs, Marleneen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-16-
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-26T07:40:24Z-
dc.date.available2011-04-26T07:40:24Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-111-8en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/45076-
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the linkages between poverty and disaster vulnerability in the context of remittance flows to households in the Caribbean. Jamaica is used as the case study country. The paper discusses the channels through which natural disasters and remittances affect each other but also reviews the distribution of female-headed households in Jamaica as a percentage of households living below the poverty line and seeks to identify whether flows of remittances alleviate the post-disaster living conditions of such households. The dislocation of households coupled with the loss of livelihoods caused by natural disaster, which usually affects the poor disproportionately, provides a push factor foren
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Research Paper |x2008/61en
dc.subject.jelQ54en
dc.subject.jelF24en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordnatural disastersen
dc.subject.keywordremittancesen
dc.subject.keywordeconomics of genderen
dc.subject.keywordJamaicaen
dc.subject.stwNaturkatastropheen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwRücküberweisung (Migranten)en
dc.subject.stwInselen
dc.subject.stwKaribische Staatenen
dc.subject.stwJamaikaen
dc.titleNatural disasters and remittances: Exploring the linkages between poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn571438393en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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