Policy Trade-Offs in Building Resilience to Natural Disasters : The Case of St. Lucia /

Resilience to climate change and natural disasters hinges on two fundamental elements: financial protection -insurance and self-insurance- and structural protection -investment in adaptation. Using a dynamic general equilibrium model calibrated to the St. Lucia's economy, this paper shows that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cantelmo, Alessandro
Other Authors: Bonato, Leo, Melina, Giovanni, Salinas, Gonzalo
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/054
Online Access:Full text available on IMF