Foreign Aid in the Aftermath of Large Natural Disasters

Ilan Noy, Oscar Becerra and Eduardo Cavallo

No 4792, Research Department Publications from Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Abstract: This paper examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the aftermath of large natural disasters between 1970 and 2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median increase in ODA is 18 percent compared to pre-disaster flows, the typical surge is small in relation to the size of the affected economies. Moreover, aid surges typically cover only 3 percent of the total estimated economic damages caused by the disasters. The main determinants of post-disaster aid surges are found to be the intensity of the event itself and the recipient country’s characteristics such as level of development, country size and stock of foreign reserves. The paper does not find evidence that political considerations or strategic behavior on the part of donors determine the size of post-disaster aid surges.

JEL-codes: F35 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-08
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