Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002

This assessment was prepared for the Government of Jamaica following the significant damages to social and economic infrastructure and productive sectors as a result of a period of sustained and unusual rainfall associated with the convergence of a tropical wave over Jamaica and an area of high p...

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Otros Autores:	NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
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Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean 2015
Materias:	ASPECTOS SOCIALES ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS INUNDACIONES DESASTRES NATURALES DESLIZAMIENTOS DE TIERRA MACROECONOMIA SOCIAL ASPECTS ECONOMIC ASPECTS FLOODS NATURAL DISASTERS LANDSLIDES MACROECONOMICS
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spelling	oai-11362-388682020-11-19T01:58:04Z Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002 NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe ASPECTOS SOCIALES ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS INUNDACIONES DESASTRES NATURALES DESLIZAMIENTOS DE TIERRA MACROECONOMIA SOCIAL ASPECTS ECONOMIC ASPECTS FLOODS NATURAL DISASTERS LANDSLIDES MACROECONOMICS This assessment was prepared for the Government of Jamaica following the significant damages to social and economic infrastructure and productive sectors as a result of a period of sustained and unusual rainfall associated with the convergence of a tropical wave over Jamaica and an area of high pressure to the north of the island resulting in periods of heavy and sustained rainfall over the period May 22 – June 2, 2002. A request for technical assistance was directed to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, on May 31, by the Planning Institute of Jamaica. In view of the recent training provided by the ECLAC Caribbean team in the use of the ECLAC methodology to a multi-disciplinary group of 58 persons spanning several sectors, it was felt that this event, while most unfortunate, nonetheless provided an opportune moment for the Jamaican “trainees” to utilize the skills transferred and to apply the methodology which had been taught. Consequently, ECLAC fielded a team of five persons a few days after the request had been made , to give the Jamaican counterpart team the opportunity to collect data of the type and using an approach well suited to the preparation of assessments such as this. .--I. Background.-- II. Assessment to the damage.-- III. Macroeconomic effects.-- IV. Guideslines for a rehabilitation and reconstruction programme 2015-08-14T18:55:45Z 2015-08-14T18:55:45Z 2002-07-22 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/38868 LC/CAR/G.698 en .pdf application/pdf CARIBE JAMAICA CARIBBEAN REGION JAMAICA ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
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topic	ASPECTOS SOCIALES ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS INUNDACIONES DESASTRES NATURALES DESLIZAMIENTOS DE TIERRA MACROECONOMIA SOCIAL ASPECTS ECONOMIC ASPECTS FLOODS NATURAL DISASTERS LANDSLIDES MACROECONOMICS
spellingShingle	ASPECTOS SOCIALES ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS INUNDACIONES DESASTRES NATURALES DESLIZAMIENTOS DE TIERRA MACROECONOMIA SOCIAL ASPECTS ECONOMIC ASPECTS FLOODS NATURAL DISASTERS LANDSLIDES MACROECONOMICS Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002
description	This assessment was prepared for the Government of Jamaica following the significant damages to social and economic infrastructure and productive sectors as a result of a period of sustained and unusual rainfall associated with the convergence of a tropical wave over Jamaica and an area of high pressure to the north of the island resulting in periods of heavy and sustained rainfall over the period May 22 – June 2, 2002. A request for technical assistance was directed to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, on May 31, by the Planning Institute of Jamaica. In view of the recent training provided by the ECLAC Caribbean team in the use of the ECLAC methodology to a multi-disciplinary group of 58 persons spanning several sectors, it was felt that this event, while most unfortunate, nonetheless provided an opportune moment for the Jamaican “trainees” to utilize the skills transferred and to apply the methodology which had been taught. Consequently, ECLAC fielded a team of five persons a few days after the request had been made , to give the Jamaican counterpart team the opportunity to collect data of the type and using an approach well suited to the preparation of assessments such as this.
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title	Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002
title_short	Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002
title_full	Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002
title_fullStr	Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002
title_full_unstemmed	Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002
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Jamaica: Macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage done by flood rains and landslides May 2002

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