Debt, Growth and Natural Disasters A Caribbean Trilogy /

This paper seeks to determine the effects that natural disasters have on per capita GDP and on the debt to GDP ratio in the Caribbean. Two types of natural disasters are studied -storms and floods- given their prevalence in the region, while considering the effects of both moderate and severe disast...

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1. autor: Acevedo Mejia, Sebastian
Format: Czasopismo
Język:English
Wydane: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Seria:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/125
Dostęp online:Full text available on IMF
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