Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma

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...

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Main Authors: Raschky, Paul A., Schwindt, Manijeh
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
LAM
WAR
Online Access: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
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spelling okr-10986-41442021-04-23T14:02:15Z Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma Raschky, Paul A. Schwindt, Manijeh AID FLOWS BILATERAL AID BUILDING CODES CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CITIZENS CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CRED DEATH TOLL DEATH TOLLS DECLARATION DEMOCRACY DEPENDENCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DISASTER DISASTER AID DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER INSURANCE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER SITUATION DISASTER TYPE DISASTER VICTIMS DONOR COUNTRIES DONOR COUNTRY DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS EPIDEMIOLOGY EVACUATION EXPLOITATION FATALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOOD FLOOD INSURANCE FLOOD VICTIMS FLOODED FLOODS FOREIGN AID FRONTIERS HUMAN BEINGS HUMANITARIAN AID HURRICANE IMPACT OF DISASTERS INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LACK OF INFORMATION LAM LANDSLIDES LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT MORTALITY MORTALITY RISK NATIONAL BOUNDARIES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL GAS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE OPEN SOCIETY POLICE POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL POWER POPULATION DENSITY PREDICTABILITY PREVENTIVE ACTION PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT COUNTRY RECONSTRUCTION RICHER COUNTRIES RISK ANALYSIS RULE OF LAW SAVINGS SOCIAL SECTOR STORM STORMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TERRORISM TERRORIST TYPE OF DISASTERS VIOLENCE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VULNERABILITY WAR WIND SPEED WORLD DEVELOPMENT 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. 2012-03-19T19:10:44Z 2012-03-19T19:10:44Z 2009-06-01 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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4144 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4952 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic AID FLOWS
BILATERAL AID
BUILDING CODES
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CITIZENS
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CRED
DEATH TOLL
DEATH TOLLS
DECLARATION
DEMOCRACY
DEPENDENCE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AID
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DISASTER
DISASTER AID
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER EVENTS
DISASTER INSURANCE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER SITUATION
DISASTER TYPE
DISASTER VICTIMS
DONOR COUNTRIES
DONOR COUNTRY
DROUGHTS
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVACUATION
EXPLOITATION
FATALITIES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FLOOD
FLOOD INSURANCE
FLOOD VICTIMS
FLOODED
FLOODS
FOREIGN AID
FRONTIERS
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMANITARIAN AID
HURRICANE
IMPACT OF DISASTERS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LACK OF INFORMATION
LAM
LANDSLIDES
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RISK
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONS
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL HAZARDS
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
OPEN SOCIETY
POLICE
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL POWER
POPULATION DENSITY
PREDICTABILITY
PREVENTIVE ACTION
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
RECIPIENT COUNTRY
RECONSTRUCTION
RICHER COUNTRIES
RISK ANALYSIS
RULE OF LAW
SAVINGS
SOCIAL SECTOR
STORM
STORMS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TERRORISM
TERRORIST
TYPE OF DISASTERS
VIOLENCE
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
VULNERABILITY
WAR
WIND SPEED
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle AID FLOWS
BILATERAL AID
BUILDING CODES
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CITIZENS
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CRED
DEATH TOLL
DEATH TOLLS
DECLARATION
DEMOCRACY
DEPENDENCE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AID
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DISASTER
DISASTER AID
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER EVENTS
DISASTER INSURANCE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER SITUATION
DISASTER TYPE
DISASTER VICTIMS
DONOR COUNTRIES
DONOR COUNTRY
DROUGHTS
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVACUATION
EXPLOITATION
FATALITIES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FLOOD
FLOOD INSURANCE
FLOOD VICTIMS
FLOODED
FLOODS
FOREIGN AID
FRONTIERS
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMANITARIAN AID
HURRICANE
IMPACT OF DISASTERS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LACK OF INFORMATION
LAM
LANDSLIDES
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RISK
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONS
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL HAZARDS
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
OPEN SOCIETY
POLICE
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL POWER
POPULATION DENSITY
PREDICTABILITY
PREVENTIVE ACTION
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
RECIPIENT COUNTRY
RECONSTRUCTION
RICHER COUNTRIES
RISK ANALYSIS
RULE OF LAW
SAVINGS
SOCIAL SECTOR
STORM
STORMS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TERRORISM
TERRORIST
TYPE OF DISASTERS
VIOLENCE
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
VULNERABILITY
WAR
WIND SPEED
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Raschky, Paul A.
Schwindt, Manijeh
Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4952
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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Raschky, Paul A.
Schwindt, Manijeh
author_facet Raschky, Paul A.
Schwindt, Manijeh
author_sort Raschky, Paul A.
title Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
title_short Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
title_full Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
title_fullStr Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Aid, Natural Disasters and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
title_sort aid, natural disasters and the samaritan’s dilemma
publishDate 2012
url 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
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4144
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