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Saving and Re-building Lives: an Analysis of the Determinants of Disaster Relief
Ulph, David; Selvaretnam, Geethanjali; Thampanishvong, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
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/10010879009
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Saving and Re-building Lives: an Analysis of the Determinants of Disaster Relief
Selvaretnam, Geethanjali; Thampanishvong, Kannika; … - Centre for Research into Industry, Enterprise, Finance …
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
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Dealing with Increased Risk of Natural Disasters; Challenges and Options
Keen, Michael; Freeman, Paul K.; Mani, Muthukumara - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825906
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Maldives; Use of Fund Resources-Request for Emergency Assistance—Staff Report, Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Maldiv...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591376
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Macroeconomic Implications of Natural Disasters in the Caribbean
Rasmussen, Tobias N. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Each year natural disasters affect about 200 million people and cause about $50 billion in damage. This paper compares the incidence of natural disasters across countries along several dimensions and finds that the relative costs tend to be far higher in developing countries than in advanced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605190
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Saving and Re-building Lives: an Analysis of the Determinants of Disaster Relief
Ulph, David; Selvaretnam, Geethanjali; Thampanishvong, … - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2012
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
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Economic Losses from the 2008 Iowa Floods
Otto, Daniel - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2009
 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004994569
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Aid as a catalyst for pioneer investment
Collier, Paul - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
I discuss how aid can support growth in small, isolated economies. Small markets frustrate scale economies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854445
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Aid and policy preference in oil-rich countries: Comparing Indonesia and Nigeria
Fuady, Ahmad Helmy - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
This paper analyses the role of foreign aid to assist development in two oil-rich countries: Indonesia and Nigeria …. This paper seeks to understand the way foreign aid provided assistance to transform Indonesia from a .fragile. state in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854464
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Aid as a Second-Best Solution: Seven Problems of Effectiveness and How to Tackle Them
Manning, Richard - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
Most rich countries developed without aid, and this .self-development. has some intrinsic advantages. In today … many poor countries. Aid can therefore usefully be thought of as a necessary but .second-best option.. The challenge then … is how to manage this second-best option, particularly in the more aid-dependent states and the more fragile environments …
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