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024	8		_a10.1596/1813-9450-5269
035			_a(The World Bank)5269
100	1		_aWoodruff, Christopher
245	1	0	_aEnterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters _h[electronic resource] / _cWoodruff, Christopher
260			_aWashington, D.C., _bThe World Bank, _c2010
300			_a1 online resource (44 p.)
520	3		_aUsing data from surveys of enterprises in Sri Lanka after the December 2004 tsunami, the authors undertake the first microeconomic study of the recovery of the private firms in a developing country following a major natural disaster. Disaster recovery in low-income countries is characterized by the prevalence of relief aid rather than of insurance payments; the data show this distinction has important consequences. The data indicate that aid provided directly to households correlates reasonably well with reported losses of household assets, but is uncorrelated with reported losses of business assets. Business recovery is found to be slower than commonly assumed, with disaster-affected enterprises lagging behind unaffected comparable firms more than three years after the disaster. Using data from random cash grants provided by the project, the paper shows that direct aid is more important in the recovery of enterprises operating in the retail sector than for those operating in the manufacturing and service sectors.
650		4	_aBanks & Banking Reform
650		4	_aDebt Markets
650		4	_aEmployment
650		4	_aEntrepreneurs
650		4	_aEnvironment
650		4	_aExpansion
650		4	_aFinance and Financial Sector Development
650		4	_aFinancial institutions
650		4	_aFirms
650		4	_aHazard Risk Management
650		4	_aLoan
650		4	_aManufacturers
650		4	_aMicroenterprises
650		4	_aMicrofinance
650		4	_aMicrofinance organizations
650		4	_aMicrofinance practitioners
650		4	_aNatural Disasters
650		4	_aScale enterprises
650		4	_aSmall business
650		4	_aSmall businesses
650		4	_aSmall firms
650		4	_aSmall scale enterprise
650		4	_aSmall scale enterprises
650		4	_aSME
650		4	_aSupplier
650		4	_aSuppliers
650		4	_aUrban Development
700	1		_ade Mel, Suresh
700	1		_aMcKenzie, David
700	1		_aWoodruff, Christopher
776	1	8	_aPrint version: _iWoodruff, Christopher. _tEnterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters. _dWashington, D.C., The World Bank, 2010
830		0	_aPolicy research working papers.
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library.
856	4	0	_uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-5269
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