The aim of this study is to estimate the impact of geological and climate-related disasters on the per capita growth rates of gross domestic product (GDP) and fiscal expenditure in Latin American and Caribbean countries. The results show that the effects vary by type of disaster and by subregion....
This set of policy briefs has the objective of profiling disaster risk management (DRM) policies in five selected member States of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee: Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The present publication is the second that ECLA...
Weekes, Colleen
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Bello, Omar
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Mainstreaming disaster risk management strategies in development instruments (II): policy briefs for Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago
El objetivo de este trabajo es estimar el impacto de los desastres climáticos y geológicos en la tasa de crecimiento del producto interno bruto (PIB) per cápita y la tasa de crecimiento del gasto fiscal per cápita de los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Los resultados indican que hay efectos...
The purpose of this work is to review ECLAC’s experience in assessing the economic and social impact of disasters. Toward that end, the database established according to assessment reports is described and the patterns of sectoral damage and losses from different types of events are defined.
The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway (hereafter referred to as the SAMOA Pathway) was adopted in 2014 at the United Nations Third International Conference on SIDS. The SAMOA Pathway builds on the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action for SIDS (BPOA) and ...
Dubrie, Artie
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Thorne, Elizabeth
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Fontes de Meira, Luciana
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Bello, Omar
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Phillips, Willard
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Synthesis of the Caribbean subregion midterm review report of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway
Los objetivos de este trabajo son revisar la experiencia de CEPAL en la estimación de impacto económico y social de los desastres naturales. Para ello se describe la base de datos originada a partir de los reportes de estimación y se determinan patrones de daños y pérdidas sectoriales de los dive...