This how-to note focuses on the management of the fiscal costs associated with natural disaster risks. Unlike other … natural disaster presents a unique challenge to fiscal risk-management and budget processes because of its exogenous nature … hazards and strengthen fiscal management after a disaster, including through budgeting frameworks and other fiscal policies …

Research suggests that a donor country's decision to provide post-disaster assistance is not only driven by the … severity of a disaster and the resulting humanitarian needs in the recipient country but also by strategic considerations. We … argue that the identification of the determinants of the size of disaster assistance is a first step in the analysis of the …