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We analyse both theoretically and empirically, the factors that influence the amount of humanitarian aid which … disaster relief which helps the survival of victims and long term humanitarian aid given towards reconstruction and … results. The empirical analysis, making use of some useful data sources, show that both short and long term humanitarian aid …
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We analyse both theoretically and empirically, the factors that influence the amount of humanitarian aid which … disaster relief which helps the survival of victims and long term humanitarian aid given towards reconstruction and … results. The empirical analysis, making use of some useful data sources, show that both short and long term humanitarian aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075693
We analyse both theoretically and empirically, the factors that influence the amount of humanitarian aid which … disaster relief which helps the survival of victims and long term humanitarian aid given towards reconstruction and … results. The empirical analysis, making use of some useful data sources, show that both short and long term humanitarian aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904153
 The Iowa floods of 2008 were a very destructive natural disaster with total property losses far exceeding the in-state damages occurring during the 1993 floods. Current estimates place total damages to private property and public infrastructure at over $3 billion, with the highest volume of...
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This paper reviews the Maldives’s Use of IMF Resources and Request for Emergency Assistance. The authorities have requested a purchase of an amount equivalent to SDR 4.1 million (50 percent of quota) under the IMF’s policy on emergency assistance related to natural disasters. The...
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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 continue to increase, and bear especially heavily on...
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This public expenditure review (PER) is the first comprehensive assessment of public spending on disaster response, recovery, and reconstruction activities in the Philippines. Despite the high exposure of the country to natural disaster shocks and climate risks, no comprehensive review has been...
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Caribbean countries share a number of characteristics which make them vulnerable to external threats, including small populations, limited economies of scale, and undiversified economies. The COVID-19 pandemic through 2020has added to the severity of consequences for these countries' disaster...
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The literature on the aid?growth relationship has recently been reinvigorated through the application of growth … equations that seek to explain growth as a function of institutions, policies and aid. This approach has generally led to the … conclusion that aid has contributed to growth, albeit with decreasing returns. Some studies have found that there is only a …
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of per capita aid flows. Some country-specific variationson the basic mirab model in the recent literature are reviewed …
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