Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters /
The study described here examines the short- and long-term economic, and financial impacts of natural disasters. It relies in part, on in-depth case studies of overall sensitivity to natural hazards in the small island economy of Dominica; public finance consequences of disasters in Bangladesh; and,...
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
2004
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Series: | Disaster risk management series ;
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- Preface
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Disasters and the macroeconomy
- 3. Public finance and disasters
- 4. Information on natural hazards and disaster reduction
- 5. Financing the cost of future disasters
- 6. Findings of the study and implications for policy and 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
- Figures.