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close this bookDisaster Economics (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 56 p.)
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View the documentUnited Nations reorganization and the Disaster Management Training Programme
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close this folderPART 1 - Disasters and economics
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View the documentWhat is economics about?
View the documentThe quantitative focus
View the documentThe practical thought process
View the documentEconomic analysis as applied to disasters
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View the documentOptimal planning
View the documentThe incentive structure
View the documentThe overall picture
View the documentGeneral and sectoral rehabilitation requirements
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close this folderPART 2 - Alternative disaster scenarios
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View the documentThe general multi-sectoral disaster
View the documentDisasters caused by economic mismanagement
View the documentDisasters involving displaced populations and refugees
View the documentDisasters leading to food insecurity
View the documentDisasters involving environmental challenges
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close this folderPART 3 - Financing options
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View the documentThe traditional route
View the documentDebt swaps
View the documentBlocked funds
View the documentTriangular food aid
View the documentTrust funds
View the documentDisaster insurance
View the documentRevolving funds
View the documentCentral Bank Assistance
View the documentCoordinating foreign disaster assistance
View the documentSummary
View the documentAnnex 1: Acronyms
View the documentAnnex 2: Additional reading
View the documentGlossary
View the documentModule evaluation: Disaster Management Training Programme

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2nd Edition

Module prepared by Ross Bull

UNDP

DHA

Disaster Management Training Programme

1994

This training module has been funded by the United Nations Development Programme in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator for the Disaster Management Training Programme (DMTP) in association with the University of Wisconsin Disaster Management Center.

The preliminary text for this module was prepared by Ross Bull, Chairman of PFM Management Consultants, London.

He acknowledges assistance from, and is particularly grateful to, the following people: Philip Cottle, Agricola Training, Stow, Lincoln, UK; William Dick, Agricultural Risk Management, London, UK; Martin Evans, Booker Tate, Thame, UK; Roger Hay, Food Studies Group, Oxford, UK; J. Roberto Jovel, ECLAC, Santiago, Chile; Thakoor Persaud, IBRD, Washington DC, USA; Julian Roberts, Agricultural Risk Management, London, UK; David Rowland, Sedgwick Group, London, UK; Stephen Webster, United Way, Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Robert Woodthorpe-Brown, Nelson Hurst, London, UK.

Editorial services, including design, educational components and formatting, have been provided by InterWorks. Design consultation and desktop publishing have been provided by Artifax.

The first edition of this module was printed in 1992. Utilization and duplication of the material in this module is permissible; however, source attribution to the Disaster Management Training Programme (DMTP) is required.