The Relationship between Trade and Risk to Humanitarian Emergencies and Disasters

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Brief Overview

This paper explores the role trade plays in influencing a country’s risk to humanitarian emergencies and disasters through a literature review and regression on trade and risk data. Trade impacts disaster response, recovery, and aid allocation.

Author

• W. Leif Van Grinsven, Wheaton College