Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction …. This paper first sets out the key stylized facts in the area-that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to … dealing with disaster risk. Key sources of market failure include the difficulty of risk spreading and, perhaps even more …

vulnerable, with the countries of the Eastern Caribbean standing out as among the most disaster-prone in the world. Natural …

growth driver, would be affected owing to widespread damages to the production systems in and around the earthquake area. …

India’s real GDP growth slipped substantially after the North Atlantic financial crisis. Return to a sustained high … growth trajectory is feasible but it will need much more focused attention to the revival of manufacturing and to the … ahead will be more difficult in view of the protracted slowdown in global growth and trade. …

of the stimulus and its gradual withdrawal sowed seeds for inflationary and BoP pressures and growth slowdown, then …

significant amount of government financing provided by the central bank, the growth in monetary aggregates increased, contributing …. Reconstruction and a quick rebound in tourism should maintain growth momentum, but demand pressures and fuel price adjustments are …

line with IMF policy for Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF)-eligible countries, they have also requested the … provision of subsidies to reduce the rate of charge to concessional terms. Reconstruction and rehabilitation will support growth …