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Foreign Aid in the Aftermath of Large Natural Disasters
Noy, Ilan - 2013
2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median increase in ODA is 18 percent compared to pre-disaster … only 3 percent of the total estimated economic damages caused by the disasters. The main determinants of post-disaster aid … strategic behavior on the part of donors determine the size of post-disaster aid surges …
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Distortions in aid allocation of United Nations flash appeals : evidence from the 2015 Nepal earthquake
Eichenauer, Vera; Fuchs, Andreas; Kunze, Sven; Strobl, Eric - 2019 - This version: February 2019
funding decision by aid donors. Our results show that aid allocation is associated with geophysical estimates of the disaster …
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Disaster in Denver : Prelude to Pandemic Pandemonium
Billauer, Barbara Pfeffer - 2008
Public health experts have been predicting imminent threat of pandemic influenza. The latest US preparedness plans use the single statistic of case-fatality as the basis to evaluate any new threats. On this basis, Avian flu (H5N1) has been declared the single pandemic threat of concern, such...
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To manage societal security in COVID-19 : operational continuity of fire rescue service in disaster conditions
Gromek, Paweł; Wojakowska, Monika - In: European research studies 24 (2021) 3, pp. 833-850
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In the aftermath of large natural disasters, what happens to foreign aid?
Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Noy, Ilan - 2010
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Natural disasters, growth and institutions : a tale of two earthquakes
Barone, Guglielmo; Mocetti, Sauro - In: Journal of urban economics 84 (2014), pp. 52-66
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Foreign aid in the aftermath of large natural disasters
Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Noy, Ilan - In: Review of development economics 18 (2014) 3, pp. 445-460
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Foreign aid in the aftermath of large natural disasters
Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Noy, Ilan - 2012
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Global increase in climate-related disasters
Thomas, Vinod; López, Ramón - 2015
side and anthropogenic climate change on the other? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising … intense climate-related natural disasters. In a regression analysis within a model of disaster risk determination for 1971 … implication is that climate mitigation and climate adaptation should form part of actions for disaster risk reduction. …
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