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- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13010920/00001
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- Summary:
- The document reviews nine years of humanitarian assistance by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) from the year 2000 to 2009. It outlines the various components of U.S. foreign assistance, including aid for emergency disaster relief, aid for disaster preparedness and mitigation, and food aid. Funding totals for these various forms of foreign assistance as well as which countries received what proportion of US foreign aid is also provided. USAID provided over $65 million in humanitarian assistance and $169.8 million in food aid to LAC between 2000 and 2009. It has also established a number of mechanisms to help facilitate responses to disaster situations. The organization has a regional office in San Jose, Costa Rica. It has 200 on-call surge capacity response consultants in the region that can assist in conducting damage and needs assessments as well as coordinate emergency responses by the U.S. government once disaster occurs. During the period covered in the document, six Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) were deployed to Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Venezuela, Grenada, and Jamaica. USAID has also placed emphasis on developing the first-responder institutions and national emergency response systems of the countries it aids. USAID is also investing in mitigation and preparedness activities in the region. It spent $81 million during this period on these efforts. There is a USAID network of 21 disaster risk management specialists. The organization developed a disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategy in 2009 to facilitate self-sufficiency in disaster preparedness and management at the local and national levels. It has conducted analyses of high-probability disasters and vulnerable regions, giving priority to areas with greater at-risk populations. It has worked on constructing safe housing in Peru, a country perpetually threatened by earthquakes, a tsunami and coastal hazards early warning system in conjunction with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, and volcano monitoring in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey. Between 2000 and 2009, USAID responded most frequently to severe flooding, with 61 of a total of 143 disaster events being floods. Hurricanes were second most frequent, with the organization responding to 33. Haiti received both the most disaster assistance and food aid during the period at 25% and 52% of total aid respectively. El Salvador followed in disaster assistance at 21%, and Colombia in food aid also at 21%. ( , )
- Subject:
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Citation/Reference:
- (2010). Latin America and the Caribbean: humanitarian assistance in review, FY 2000 - FY 2009. United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13010920
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