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An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Climate Variables on National Level Economic Growth

The influence of climate on economic growth is a topic of growing interest. Few studies have investigated the potential role that climate hazards and their cumulative effects have on the growth prospects for a country. Due to the relatively station...

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Main Authors: Brown, Casey, Meeks, Robyn, Ghile, Yonas, Hunu, Kenneth
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
ANOMALOUSLY WET CONDITIONS
APPLIED METEOROLOGY
CALCULATION
CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
CLIMATE DATA
CLIMATE EFFECT
CLIMATE EFFECTS
CLIMATE EVENTS
CLIMATE EXTREMES
CLIMATE FACTORS
CLIMATE HAZARDS
CLIMATE IMPACT
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE RISKS
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS
CLIMATE SIGNAL
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATE VARIABLE
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE VARIATION
CLIMATES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
DAILY PRECIPITATION
DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE
DAMAGES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DROUGHT
DROUGHT INDEX
DROUGHT INDICES
DROUGHT SEVERITY
DUST
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DATA
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
EFFECT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ESTIMATES OF PRECIPITATION
EXCESS RAINFALL
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY
FERTILIZERS
FLOOD
FLOOD EVENTS
FLOOD HAZARD
FLOOD RISK
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOOD SECURITY
FUTURE PRECIPITATION
GCM
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL SCALE
GLOBAL TEMPERATURES
GLOBAL WARMING
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS OF DROUGHT
INCOME
INSURANCE
INSURANCE MECHANISMS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
LOW RAINFALL
METEOROLOGY
MONETARY ECONOMICS
MONSOON
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
PRECIPITATION
PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES
PRECIPITATION PATTERNS
RAINFALL
RAINFALL ANOMALIES
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
RAINFALL VARIATIONS
RAINY SEASON
REGIONAL SCALE PRECIPITATION
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
RISK AVERSION
RISK MANAGEMENT
SINK
SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX
STRATEGY FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE DATA
TEMPERATURE EFFECT
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY
TEMPERATURES
TEMPORAL VARIABILITY
TERRESTRIAL SURFACE CLIMATE
TROPICS
VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL
WEATHER
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100719133806
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3841

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3841

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