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Asia > Sri Lanka > Disasters

SRI LANKAN DISASTERS STATS:   All Stats  
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Central Emergency Response Fund > Contributors > Pledged $10,000.00 [25th of 28]
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
USD 25,000 for the victims of the hurricane.
Definition: Disasters > Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Source: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund
Tsunami > Death toll 48,677 [2nd of 14]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Death toll
Source: Wikipedia, CNN
Tsunami > Economic impact
In Sri Lanka, some observers have said that as much as 1% of annual growth may be lost. Tsunami destroyed transport links in Sri Lanka from Colombo to tourist locations in south. Credit Suisse economist Arjuna Mahendran, former head of Sri Lanka investment board, says disaster would set back country
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Economic impact
Source: BBC, CBC, Wikipedia, Reuters
Tsunami aid recipients $925,000,000.00 [2nd of 9]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami aid recipients
Source: BBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Rediff, The Herald Sun, The Indian Express and The Reuters
    Tsunami aid recipients (per $ GDP) 11.479 per $1,000 [1st of 7]
    Tsunami aid recipients (per capita) 46.1 per 1 population [2nd of 9]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund ; Wikipedia, CNN; BBC, CBC, Wikipedia, Reuters; BBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Rediff, The Herald Sun, The Indian Express and The Reuters; OECD, October 2005.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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