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Economic and Financial Impacts of Natural Disasters : an Assessment of Their Effects and Options for Mitigation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benson, Charlotte
Otros Autores: Clay, Edward J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : World Bank Publications, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1. Introduction""; ""Objectives""; ""Selection of Countries and Issues for Investigation""; ""Concepts and Definitions""; ""Method of Investigation""; ""2. Disasters and the Macroeconomy""; ""The Dynamic Nature of Vulnerability""; ""Overview of the Factors Determining Vulnerability""; ""Natural Hazards""; ""Economic Structure""; ""Stage of Development""; ""Prevailing Socioeconomic Conditions""; ""The Macroeconomic Impact of Disasters""; ""Lessons Learned""; ""3. Public Finance and Disasters""; ""Background"" 
505 8 |a ""The Broad Fiscal Impact of Disasters""""Disaggregated Reexamination of Public Finances""; ""External Aid""; ""Is Reallocation an Appropriate Solution?""; ""Risk Reduction Activities""; ""Long-Term Policy Consequences of Disasters""; ""Lessons Learned""; ""4. Information on Natural Hazards and Disaster Reduction""; ""Information and Public Action""; ""Hazard Information as a Public Good""; ""Climatic Forecasting in Southern Africa""; ""Tropical Storms""; ""Failures in the Provision of Information as a Public Good""; ""Findings and Conclusions""; ""5. Financing the Cost of Future Disasters"" 
505 8 |a ""Risk Transfer Tools""""Potential Obstacles""; ""Creative Solutions""; ""Promoting Mitigation""; ""Conclusions""; ""6. Findings of the Study and Implications for Policy and Research""; ""Findings""; ""Policy Implications""; ""Directions for Future Research""; ""Appendix A. Dominica: Natural Disasters and Economic Development in a Small Island State""; ""Appendix B. Bangladesh: Disasters and Public Finance""; ""Appendix C. Malawi and Southern Africa: Climatic Variability and Economic Performance""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Boxes""; ""2.1 Measuring vulnerability"" 
505 8 |a ""2.2 Saying so does not make it so: poverty reduction strategies""""2.3 Funding rehabilitation: the implications for long-term growth""; ""3.1 Fiscal impacts of drought in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""4.1 Evidence-based volcanology: application of Bayesâ€? rule to the situation in Dominica in 1998""; ""5.1 Insuring banana growers against disaster: the WINCROP scheme""; ""B.1 Uncertainties in postdisaster economic forecasting in Bangladesh""; ""Figures""; ""2.1 Dominica: real annual fluctuations in agricultural, nonagricultural, and total GDP, 1978â€?99"" 
505 8 |a ""2.2 Bangladesh: real annual fluctuations in agricultural, nonagricultural, and total GDP, financial years 1965â€?2000""""2.3 Malawi: real annual fluctuations in agricultural, nonagricultural, and total GDP, 1980â€?2001""; ""2.4 Southern Africa: cereal production and El NiÃ"o events, 1972â€?99"" 
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650 0 |a Natural disasters  |x Planning. 
650 0 |a Emergency management. 
650 0 |a Disaster relief. 
650 6 |a Catastrophes naturelles  |x Aspect économique. 
650 6 |a Catastrophes naturelles  |x Planification. 
650 6 |a Secours aux victimes de catastrophes. 
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650 7 |a Emergency management  |2 fast 
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