| Description |
1 online resource (32 pages) : charts. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
IMF working paper ; WP/12/245
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IMF working paper ; WP/12/245.
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| Note |
Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Oct. 11, 2012). |
| Summary |
This paper reviews the literature on the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters and presents the IMF's role in assisting countries coping with natural catastrophes. Focusing on seven country cases, the paper describes the emergency financing, policy support, and technical assistance provided by the Fund to help governments put together a policy response or build a macro framework to lay the foundation for recovery and/or unlock other external financing. The literature and experience suggests there are ways to strengthen policy frameworks to increase resilience to natural disaster shocks, including identifying the risks and probability of natural disasters and integrating them more explicitly into macro frame-works, increasing flexibility within fiscal frameworks, and improving coordination amongst international partners ex post and ex ante. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
"External Relations Department, Western Hemisphere Department." |
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"October 2012." |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Natural disasters -- Economic aspects.
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Natural disasters -- Economic aspects. |
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Natural disasters. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Loko, Boileau.
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International Monetary Fund. External Relations Department.
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International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department.
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| ISBN |
9781475512786 electronic book |
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1475512783 electronic book |
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9781475512717 |
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9781475512755 |
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