Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma

Raschky, Paul A.; Schwindt, Manijeh

dc.creator	Raschky, Paul A.
dc.creator	Schwindt, Manijeh
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:10:44Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:10:44Z
dc.date	2009-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:09:59Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:09:59Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090603154059
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4144
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/245181
dc.description	This paper discusses the impact of foreign aid on the recipient country's preparedness against natural disasters. The theoretical model shows that foreign aid can have two opposing effects on a country's level of mitigating activities. In order to test the theoretical propositions, the authors analyze the effect of foreign aid dependence on ex-ante risk-management activity proxied by the death toll from major storms, floods and earthquakes occurring worldwide between 1980 and 2002. They find evidence that the crowding-out effect of foreign aid outweighs the preventive effect in the case of storms, while there is mixed evidence in the case of floods and earthquakes.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4952
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AID FLOWS
dc.subject	BILATERAL AID
dc.subject	BUILDING CODES
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CONFLICT
dc.subject	CONFLICT RESOLUTION
dc.subject	CRED
dc.subject	DEATH TOLL
dc.subject	DEATH TOLLS
dc.subject	DECLARATION
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEPENDENCE
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT AID
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
dc.subject	DISASTER
dc.subject	DISASTER AID
dc.subject	DISASTER ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DISASTER EVENTS
dc.subject	DISASTER INSURANCE
dc.subject	DISASTER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subject	DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RELIEF
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER SITUATION
dc.subject	DISASTER TYPE
dc.subject	DISASTER VICTIMS
dc.subject	DONOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DONOR COUNTRY
dc.subject	DROUGHTS
dc.subject	EARLY WARNING
dc.subject	EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	EVACUATION
dc.subject	EXPLOITATION
dc.subject	FATALITIES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	FLOOD
dc.subject	FLOOD INSURANCE
dc.subject	FLOOD VICTIMS
dc.subject	FLOODED
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FOREIGN AID
dc.subject	FRONTIERS
dc.subject	HUMAN BEINGS
dc.subject	HUMANITARIAN AID
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF DISASTERS
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	LACK OF INFORMATION
dc.subject	LAM
dc.subject	LANDSLIDES
dc.subject	LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY RISK
dc.subject	NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
dc.subject	NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATIONS
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL GAS
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARD
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF DEATHS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	OPEN SOCIETY
dc.subject	POLICE
dc.subject	POLICY FORMULATION
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL POWER
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	PREDICTABILITY
dc.subject	PREVENTIVE ACTION
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
dc.subject	RECIPIENT COUNTRY
dc.subject	RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	RICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subject	RISK ANALYSIS
dc.subject	RULE OF LAW
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECTOR
dc.subject	STORM
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TERRORISM
dc.subject	TERRORIST
dc.subject	TYPE OF DISASTERS
dc.subject	VIOLENCE
dc.subject	VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	WIND SPEED
dc.subject	WORLD DEVELOPMENT
dc.title	Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region