Foreign Aid in the Aftermath of Large Natural Disasters
This paper examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the aftermath of large natural disasters between 1970 and 2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median increase in ODA is 18% compared with pre-disaster flows, the typical surge is small in relation to the size of the affected economies. Moreover, aid surges typically cover only 3% of the total estimated economic damages caused by the disasters. The main determinants of post-disaster aid surges are found to be the intensity of the event itself and the recipient country's characteristics such as the level of development, country size and the stock of foreign reserves. The paper does not find evidence that political considerations or strategic behavior on the part of donors determine the size of post-disaster aid surges.
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2014
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Authors: | Becerra, Oscar ; Cavallo, Eduardo ; Noy, Ilan |
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Review of Development Economics. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 18.2014, 3, p. 445-460
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Wiley Blackwell |
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