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| Document Date:
| 2005/11/12 |
| Document Type:
| Board Report |
| Report Number:
| 34407 |
| Volume No:
| 1 of 1 |
| Country:
| Pakistan ; |
| Doc Name:
| Pakistan - 2005 earthquake preliminary damage and needs assessment |
| Keywords:
| accounting, administrative procedures, adverse impacts, aggregate demand, Agricultural Development, AGRICULTURE, assets, balance of payments, book value, Capacity Building, commercial property, community participation, damages, debt, decentralization, disasters, drinking water, dumping, economic growth, Economic Impact, economic implications, Economic Sectors, education, Electricity, environmental, environmental impacts, equilibrium, expenditures, families, feed, Financial Accountability, Financial Reporting, forestry, GDP, Gross Domestic Product, health, HEALTH EDUCATION, hospitals, HOUSING, Human Development, Immunodeficiency, imports, income, inflation, inheritance, injuries, international organizations, livelihoods, LIVESTOCK, Marketing, medicines, migration, Municipal Administration, Natural Resources, Needs Assessment, NGOs, NonGovernmental Organizations, Oil, paramedics, people with disabilities, population pressures, Poverty Alleviation, Primary Health Care, private sector, property rights, Public, public expenditures, Public Health, public infrastructure, public resources, Public Sector, public services, Public Works, recycling, replacement costs, RISK MANAGEMENT, roads, Rural Development, social networks, social support, Structural Adjustment, technical assistance, timber, transparency, victims, Waste, WASTE MANAGEMENT, Workers Show More |
| Language:
| English |
| Region:
| South Asia ; |
| Rep Title:
| Pakistan - 2005 earthquake preliminary damage and needs assessment |
| Topics:
| Environment ; Public Sector Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Rural Development |
| SubTopics:
| Environmental Economics & Policies ; Economic Theory & Research ; Health Monitoring & Evaluation ; Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems ; Public Sector Economics |
| Unit Owning:
| Board Operations (SECBO) |
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Abstract
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| In Pakistan, the earthquake that struck on the morning of October 8, 2005 left widespread destruction in its wake, killing at least 73,000 people, severely injuring another 70,000, and leaving 2.8 million people without shelter. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and the eastern Districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) were dealt the most serious blow and have suffered extensive damage to economic assets and infrastructure, with social service delivery, commerce, and communications either debilitated or destroyed. Vulnerable groups, mainly women and children living in inaccessible mountain areas with low levels of income and service provision, have borne the brunt of the earthquake's impact. In addition to the enormous human toll, the earthquake and its aftermath will pose a large cost to Pakistan. The overall cost associated with the earthquake is estimated at approximately US$5.2 billion, which includes estimated costs for relief, livelihood support for victims, and reconstruction This report focuses on an assessment of damage and reconstruction costs. It has a companion report, entitled "Early Recovery Framework", which was led by the United Nations. These two companion reports have been coordinated to ensure consistency and facilitate coordination. This assessment report emphasizes the need to take into account guiding principles-including the rapid rebuilding of people's livelihoods, independence and self-sufficiency, subsidiarity and decentralization, a focus on most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged groups, securing development gains, strengthening capacities to manage the recovery process, transparency and accountability, reducing Pakistan's vulnerability to future disasters, encouraging the private sector and civil society engagement, and coordination and coherent approaches to recovery-during the development of a comprehensive recovery strategy. |
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