Disaster Risk Management: National Systems for the Comprehensive Management of Disaster Risk and Financial Strategies for Natural Disaster Reconstruction Title: Gestión de riesgo de desastres naturales: Sistemas nacionales para la gestión integral del riesgo de desastres: Estrategias financieras para la reconstrucción en caso de desastres naturales
This report was commissioned by the Natural Disasters Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue. This report constitutes Phase 2 of this project. While the first phase of the study discusses the components of a national system, the second focuses on instruments for financing reconstruction after a disaster. The research compares centralized, government-directed management systems with those that are localized and decentralized, and also analyzes the factors affecting the financial and political stability of alternative approaches. As natural disasters may result in major resource gaps for governments facing the task of financing reconstruction, the report presents case studies of four countries-Bolivia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador-to highlight the various policy options. Alternative sources of ex ante funding are identified, including reserve funds, contingent credit, and insurance. These innovative methods of funding are compared with ex post funding possibilities through international aid, loan diversions and increased external debt, budget reallocations, and tax increases.Abstract: El presente trabajo expone el estudio que encargó el Diálogo Regional de Políticas sobre Desastres Naturales. El estudio está centrado en la comprensión de sistemas nacionales e integrados de gestión del riesgo de desastres y en el financiamiento correspondiente. Mientras que la primera fase analiza los componentes de un sistema nacional, la segunda se centra en los instrumentos para financiar la reconstrucción tras un desastre. La investigación compara sistemas de gestión del riesgo centralizados y dirigidos por el gobierno, con sistemas localizados y descentralizados. Se analizan los factores que afectan la estabilidad financiera y política de los enfoques alternativos. El informe se basa en una revisión de la literatura, el estudio de casos realizados por los autores, y consultas con expertos sobre las buenas prácticas existentes en América Latina y en otras partes del mundo en cuanto a programas de gestión del riesgo de desastres naturales.
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Authors: | Warner, Koko ; Pflug, Georg ; Martin, Leslie A. ; Linnerooth-Bayer, Joanne ; Freeman, Paul ; Mechler, Reinhard |
Institutions: | Inter-American Development Bank |
Subject: | Disasters | Financial Sector | RPD | Regional Policy Dialogue | Special Initiatives | Natural Disasters Network | Environment | Environmental Management | Disaster Risk |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Notes: | The text is part of a series Diálogo Regional de Política: Red de cambio climático y gestión del riesgo de desastres Series: Regional Policy Dialogue: Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management Network Number 80383 |
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