01942cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013131 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475512717 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Laframboise, Nicole. Natural Disasters : Mitigating Impact, Managing Risks / Nicole Laframboise, Boileau Loko. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper reviews the literature on the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters and presents the IMF's role in assisting countries coping with natural catastrophes. Focusing on seven country cases, the paper describes the emergency financing, policy support, and technical assistance provided by the Fund to help governments put together a policy response or build a macro framework to lay the foundation for recovery and/or unlock other external financing. The literature and experience suggests there are ways to strengthen policy frameworks to increase resilience to natural disaster shocks, including identifying the risks and probability of natural disasters and integrating them more explicitly into macro frame-works, increasing flexibility within fiscal frameworks, and improving coordination amongst international partners ex post and ex ante. Mode of access: Internet Loko, Boileau. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/245 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2012/245/001.2012.issue-245-en.xml IMF e-Library