This policy brief examines the physical and socioeconomic factors that make Bangladesh so vulnerable to flooding, especially in a changing climate, and how it might respond better in the future. Read more
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The health and productivity of the workforce in Bangladesh are under increasing threat in a warming world. This policy brief considers how policymakers can better ensure workers are protected from extreme heat while pursuing sustainable development pathways and a just transition to a low-carbon economy. Read more
The health and productivity of the workforce in Bangladesh is under increasing threat in a warming world. In this commentary,... Read more
This paper investigates household’s private expenditures to cope with the harmful losses of climate change and disasters. Read more
This news clip features a presentation on the Lancet Countdown 2022 Report launch in Bangladesh. Read more
We examine the effects of natural disaster on agricultural households who make rent-in or rent-out transactions. Our econometric approach accounts... Read more
The authors of this paper use childhood exposures to disasters as natural experiments inducing variations in adulthood outcomes Read more
In 2018, seven of the largest cities in the world experienced dangerous levels of long-term heat, including Delhi, Lahore and... Read more
Abstract We develop an overlapping generation model of rural agricultural households to examine whether tenure security and subsistence needs influence... Read more
Shaikh M.S.U. Eskander, Samuel Fankhauser, and Shikha Jha ADB Economics Working Paper Series, December 2016 Read more