Donor expenditures for disaster relief, recovery and reconstruction

ABSTRACT

This study uses the data of donor expenditures in the shelter sector from 20 major disasters from the period of 1970 to 1990. It breaks down donor expenditures by shelter sector category, disaster type and phase of expenditure. The major donor organisations represented in this study are the Agency International Development (AID) the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. AID supplied the majority of the data. The article focuses on the 1988 Hurricane Gilbert in Jamaica where over 55 million dollar was donated for rehabilitation of the shelter sector (AU)