You could hear it on mainstream radio in 1978, courtesy of The Police, and if you're in Britain, you can hear it on the airwaves today, in the music of Birmingham-born MC Lady Leshurr: reggae's influence on British music.
Since civil war reduces the productivity of factors in production, this lowers the. rate of return on investments made in the domestic economy. Further, the destructive eï¬ect of. civil war increases the rate of depreciation. Again, this reduces the rate of return on domestic. investments.
Economic and Financial Impacts of Natural Disasters: an Assessment of Their Effects and Options for Mitigation. Major natural disasters can and do have severe negative short-run economic impacts. Disasters also appear to have adverse longer-term consequences for economic growth, development and poverty reduction. But, negative impacts are not inevitable.