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Funds commited to Tsunami aid
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$601,000,000.00 |
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[2nd of 22]
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Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid
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$499,000,000.00 |
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[1st of 22]
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DEFINITION: Amount of funds (in US Dollars) committed to emergency aid. Emergency aid commitments refers to the amount of money governments have officially contributed and have quickly dispersed for emergency Tsunami relief. This amount is taken out of the total aid commitment (click here to view the total Tsunami aid commitment statistic). |
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SOURCE: OECD, October, 2005. |
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
The Japanese Foreign Ministry has said that it would provide USD 200,000 to the American Red Cross to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Japan will also identify needs in affected regions via the U.S. government and will provide up to USD 300,000 in emergency supplies such as tents, blankets and power generators if they receive requests from the U.S. for such assistance. One Japanese individual, Takashi Endo, donated USD 1 million from his personal funds to Katrina relief efforts. |
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DEFINITION: International response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. |
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SOURCE: OECD, October 2005 |
Tsunami > Economic impact
Japanese non-life insurers Millea Holdings Inc., Aioi Insurance Co. Ltd. and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. say they have not heard damages from clients yet. Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. says too early to assess impact. (Dec 28). |
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DEFINITION: The tsunami that has devastated parts of Asia and killed more than 28,400 has affected companies, economies and markets across the globe. Here is a snapshot of some of the financial effects of the disaster (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). |
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SOURCE: Wikipedia, CNN |
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Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing
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700 |
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[1st of 37]
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DEFINITION: Number of foreign tourists visiting the tsunami hit areas who are not reachable, (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). |
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SOURCE: BBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Rediff, The Herald Sun, The Indian Express and The Reuters |
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Tsunami > Foreigners death toll
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8 |
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[14th of 34]
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DEFINITION: The number of foreigners feared dead is in the range of thousands. Only 112 foreigners have been confirmed dead and the countrywise breakup of the persons identified is given below (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). |
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SOURCE: BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN |
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Tsunami > Funds pledged
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$500,000,000.00 |
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[3rd of 37]
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DEFINITION: Funds pledged by the governments of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of September 30th 2005). The World Bank has pledged $250 million and the European Union $44 million. There have been significant amounts coming in from the UN and other aid agencies like IMF, UNDP, UNESCO, Red Cross, etc. which are not mentioned here. Private donations and collections from media campaigns are also high in many European countries, but have not been included here. |
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SOURCE: BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier |
Tsunami > International aid packages
$500m (£264m) in government donations, half of which Tokyo has promised to make available immediately in direct grants. Some 120 civilian emergency workers were sent to tsunami-hit countries. The government has also offered to help set up a tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean. |
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DEFINITION: Countries around the globe have stepped forward with pledges of cash and assistance to the victims of the southern Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster. The following is a list of contributions pledged by countries, (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT) compiled from reports by Reuters bureaux and United Nations agencies. There are packages coming from international Aid agencies like the IMF, The Red Cross, UNEP, UNICEF and WHO. |
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SOURCE: OECD,
Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters |
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Tsunami > Total aid package
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$500,000,000.00 |
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[5th of 37]
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DEFINITION: This is a chart of the total aid coming in from the following countries. It includes the funds pledged by the respective governments and the amounts collected by NGOs and the public (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). Aid" is an ambiguous term that may cover a wide variety of methods, such as 'soft' loans or 'tied aid', where the money has to be spent buying goods ands services from the donating country. The numbers below also represent only the pledged contributions. Arguably, only funds that are actually transferred should be counted. For example, after the Bam earthquake in December 2003, the Iranian government received only USD 17.5 million of the USD one billion that was promised. |
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SOURCE: BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age |
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