The impact of hurricane Ivan in the Cayman Islands

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cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/L.25/Rev.1
cepal.callNumberLC/MEX/L.645/Rev.1
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigación
cepal.idSade20507
cepal.physicalDescriptionilustraciones, gráficos, tablas
cepal.regionalOfficeMéxico
cepal.topicEngDISASTERS
cepal.topicEngMACROECONOMICS
cepal.topicSpaDESASTRES
cepal.topicSpaMACROECONOMÍA
cepal.workareaEngECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO ECONÓMICO
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS
dc.contributor.entityCayman Islands. Government
dc.contributor.entityPNUD
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Subsede de México
dc.coverage.spatialEngCAYMAN ISLANDS
dc.coverage.spatialSpaISLAS CAIMAN
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T23:03:30Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T23:03:30Z
dc.date.issued2004-12-08
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstractIntroduction and Summary The advent of Hurricane Ivan and its tragic and devastating consequences in the Cayman Islands and particularly in the Grand Cayman puts a strain on the economy and fiscal pressures on Government. The consequences of Ivan pose the need beyond the humanitarian response, for a rapid assessment of the damage (impact on assets); and losses (effects on economic and social flows); to determine its macroeconomic, social and environmental consequences and its implications for the country's fiscal stance. At the request of the Cayman Islands Government and with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); such assessment was undertaken by an ECLAC-led mission in accordance to its well-established and accepted disaster evaluation methodology. (ECLAC, 2004, www.eclac.cl/mexico);. This assessment will complement and expand on the emergency and humanitarian needs identified previously by the government and particularly by the Economics and Statistics Office. The result of such an assessment provides a quantitative approximation to the overall damage and reconstruction costs of the event and looks into the effect on the country's macroeconomic performance as compared to the pre-hurricane targets. The final section of the report outlines some strategic considerations and priorities for projects and actions required, for which additional resources will be needed. The findings of the report suggest areas of attention for incremented emphasis in the content of the country's economic programmme, and the need to mobilize both international cooperation resources and private sector investment. It is quite evident, even before an assessment is made, that additional needs and stronger emphasis should be put on the cross-cutting theme of disaster and risk management, in the face of the country's crystallized exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards. This year's events testify to a dramatically increased vulnerability not only in the jurisdiction of the Caymans but in the Caribbean basin as a whole, affecting island nations and territories as well as continental states in Mexico and the United States. This approach transcends the Cayman Islands, leading to the need to consider a regional Caribbean strategy.
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dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/L.25/REV.1
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/MEX/L.645/REV.1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/25728
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription86 p. : il., gráfs., tabls.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placeMéxico, D.F.
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisEngENVIRONMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngHURRICANES
dc.subject.unbisEngNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS SOCIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESASTRES NATURALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaHURACANES
dc.subject.unbisSpaMEDIO AMBIENTE
dc.titleThe impact of hurricane Ivan in the Cayman Islands
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