Volume/Issue: 2015/125
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Leni Hunter
,
Patrizia Tumbarello
,
Kazuaki Washimi
, and
Yiqun Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
June
2015
ISBN: 9781513525792
Natural disasters and climate change are interrelated macro-critical issues affecting all
Pacific small states to varying degrees. In addition to their devastating human costs, these
events damage growth prospects...
Volume/Issue: 2016/038
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
July
2016
ISBN: 9781498345095
Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP-more than four times that for larger countries. T...
Volume/Issue: 2019/152
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Hidetaka Nishizawa
,
Scott Roger
, and
Huan Zhang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
July
2019
ISBN: 9781498320801
Pacific island countries (PICs) are vulnerable severe natural disasters, especially cyclones, inflicting large losses on their economies. In the aftermath of disasters, PIC governments face revenue losses and spend...
Volume/Issue: 2015/125
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Leni Hunter
,
Patrizia Tumbarello
,
Kazuaki Washimi
, and
Yiqun Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
June
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513525792.001
ISBN: 9781513525792
Natural disasters and climate change are interrelated macro-critical issues affecting all
Pacific small states to varying degrees. In addition to their devastating human costs, these
events damage growth prospects...
Volume/Issue: 192020/212
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513548791.002
ISBN: 9781513548791
Tonga is one of the world's most exposed countries to climate change and natural disasters. It suffered the highest loss from natural disasters in the world (as a ratio to GDP) in 2018 and is among the top five ove...
Volume/Issue: 2016/038
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
July
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498345095.007
ISBN: 9781498345095
Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP-more than four times that for larger countries. T...
Volume/Issue: 2019/152
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Hidetaka Nishizawa
,
Scott Roger
, and
Huan Zhang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
July
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498320801.001
ISBN: 9781498320801
Pacific island countries (PICs) are vulnerable severe natural disasters, especially cyclones, inflicting large losses on their economies. In the aftermath of disasters, PIC governments face revenue losses and spend...