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Weather and Death: Public Policy Challenges for South Asia

author(s) Burgess, R.. - Deschenes, O.. - Donaldson, D.. - Greenstone, M.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
citation

Presented at Silver Jubilee Annual General Meeting and Conference, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, March 2010. 51 pp

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Abstract

This paper analyses the effects of weather (temperature and precipitation) on mortality in India, discusses income- and non-income-related effects of weather on death, and considers the policy implications

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