CCAPS researchers Jennifer Bussell and Adam Colligan present their research on the political economy of natural disasters in Africa at the International Studies Association Conference in San Francisco, California on April 3-6, 2013. Drawing on a new case material from ten countries, the researchers evaluate the role of perceived risk, economic conditions, electoral politics, political development, and moral hazard in defining the ways in which politicians allocate, or fail to allocate, resources in light of anticipated natural shocks.