The Road to Recovery the Role of Poverty in the Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Accra
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- Erman,Alvina Elisabeth & Motte,Elliot Gaston & Goyal,Radhika & Asare,Akosua Boahemaa & Takamatsu,Shinya & Chen,Xiaomeng & Malgioglio,Silvia & Skinner,Alexander & Yoshida,Nobuo & Hallegatte,Stephane, 2018. "The road to recovery : the role of poverty in the exposure, vulnerability and resilience to floods in Accra," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8469, The World Bank.
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