Rasmus Heltberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 1414532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rasmus Heltberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rasmus |
| FAMILY NAME | Heltberg |
| SIGNATURE | HELTBERG R |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Bank |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Conceptualizing and evaluating how international organizations collaborate
What do Household Surveys Really Tell Us about Risk, Shocks, and Risk Management in the Developing World
We report on a project to explore empirical patterns in risk, shocks and risk management using recent household surveys with risk modules from 16 different developing countries. Natural disasters, health shocks, economic shocks, and asset loss are the most commonly reported types of shocks and, especially for the poor, often result in ‘bad’ coping responses that may perpetuate vulnerability. The information culled from these survey modules falls …
Coping and Resilience during the Food, Fuel, and Financial Crises
This article aggregates qualitative field research from sites in 17 developing countries to describe crisis impacts and analyse how people coped with the food, fuel, and financial crises during 2008–2011. The research uncovered significant hardships behind the apparent resilience, with widespread reports of food insecurity, debt, asset loss, stress, and worsening crime and community cohesion. There were important gender and age differences in the…
Climate-responsive Social Protection
In the years ahead, development efforts aiming at reducing vulnerability will increasingly have to factor in climate change, and social protection is no exception. This paper sets out the case for climate?responsive social protection and proposes a framework with principles, design features, and functions that would help Social Protection (SP) systems evolve in a climate?responsive direction. The principles comprise climate?aware planning; liveli…
Living through Crises: How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor
The food, fuel, and financial crises that started in 2008 reverberated throughout the global economy, causing job losses; poverty; and economic, financial, and political upheaval in countries all over the world. This book is not about the causes of these crises or the macroeconomic and financial sector issues surrounding their origin, spread, and impact; nor is it about how such crises may be prevented in the future. These are important questions…
Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate
Reporting the results of a novel survey of shocks, coping, outcomes, and safety nets in Pakistan, we find high incidence and cost of shocks borne by households, with health and other idiosyncratic shocks dominating in frequency, costliness, and adversity. Sample households lack effective coping options and use mostly self-insurance and informal credit. Many shocks result in food insecurity, informal debts, child and bonded labour, and recovery is…
Addressing human vulnerability to climate change: Toward a ‘no-regrets’ approach
Factors determining household fuel choice in Guatemala
This paper discusses the factors guiding household choices of cooking fuels. This is crucial for policies to combat indoor air pollution. Household income is an important, but not the only, factor. Opportunity costs of firewood also play an essential role. Empirical results are based on the 2000 Guatemalan LSMS survey, which includes a detailed section on energy use. Patterns of fuel use, energy spending, Engel curves, multiple fuels, the extent …
Fuel switching: Evidence from eight developing countries
Agricultural supply response and poverty in Mozambique
The Robustness of Poverty Profiles Reconsidered
Impact of the ivory trade ban on poaching incentives: A numerical example
Rural market imperfections and the farm size— productivity relationship: Evidence from Pakistan
Addressing human vulnerability to climate change: Toward a ‘no-regrets’ approach
Rural market imperfections and the farm size— productivity relationship: Evidence from Pakistan
Agricultural supply response and poverty in Mozambique
The Robustness of Poverty Profiles Reconsidered
Conceptualizing and evaluating how international organizations collaborate
Rural market imperfections and the farm size— productivity relationship: Evidence from Pakistan
Impact of the ivory trade ban on poaching incentives: A numerical example
Agricultural supply response and poverty in Mozambique
The Robustness of Poverty Profiles Reconsidered
Fuel switching: Evidence from eight developing countries
Factors determining household fuel choice in Guatemala
This paper discusses the factors guiding household choices of cooking fuels. This is crucial for policies to combat indoor air pollution. Household income is an important, but not the only, factor. Opportunity costs of firewood also play an essential role. Empirical results are based on the 2000 Guatemalan LSMS survey, which includes a detailed section on energy use. Patterns of fuel use, energy spending, Engel curves, multiple fuels, the extent …
Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate
Reporting the results of a novel survey of shocks, coping, outcomes, and safety nets in Pakistan, we find high incidence and cost of shocks borne by households, with health and other idiosyncratic shocks dominating in frequency, costliness, and adversity. Sample households lack effective coping options and use mostly self-insurance and informal credit. Many shocks result in food insecurity, informal debts, child and bonded labour, and recovery is…
Addressing human vulnerability to climate change: Toward a ‘no-regrets’ approach
Climate-responsive Social Protection
In the years ahead, development efforts aiming at reducing vulnerability will increasingly have to factor in climate change, and social protection is no exception. This paper sets out the case for climate?responsive social protection and proposes a framework with principles, design features, and functions that would help Social Protection (SP) systems evolve in a climate?responsive direction. The principles comprise climate?aware planning; liveli…
Living through Crises: How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor
The food, fuel, and financial crises that started in 2008 reverberated throughout the global economy, causing job losses; poverty; and economic, financial, and political upheaval in countries all over the world. This book is not about the causes of these crises or the macroeconomic and financial sector issues surrounding their origin, spread, and impact; nor is it about how such crises may be prevented in the future. These are important questions…
Coping and Resilience during the Food, Fuel, and Financial Crises
This article aggregates qualitative field research from sites in 17 developing countries to describe crisis impacts and analyse how people coped with the food, fuel, and financial crises during 2008–2011. The research uncovered significant hardships behind the apparent resilience, with widespread reports of food insecurity, debt, asset loss, stress, and worsening crime and community cohesion. There were important gender and age differences in the…
What do Household Surveys Really Tell Us about Risk, Shocks, and Risk Management in the Developing World
We report on a project to explore empirical patterns in risk, shocks and risk management using recent household surveys with risk modules from 16 different developing countries. Natural disasters, health shocks, economic shocks, and asset loss are the most commonly reported types of shocks and, especially for the poor, often result in ‘bad’ coping responses that may perpetuate vulnerability. The information culled from these survey modules falls …
Conceptualizing and evaluating how international organizations collaborate
Economics (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developing country (3 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 works)