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Middle East > Kuwait > Disasters

KUWAITI DISASTERS STATS:   All Stats  
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Central Emergency Response Fund > Contributors > Pledged $200,000.00 [17th of 28]
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Parliament is going to approve USD 500 million for aid in oil and other humanitarian aid.
Source: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund
Tsunami > Funds pledged $100,000,000.00 [10th of 37]
Source: Wikipedia, CNN
    Tsunami > Funds pledged (per $ GDP) 2.083 per $1,000 [1st of 37]
    Tsunami > Funds pledged (per capita) 42.808 per 1 population [1st of 37]
Tsunami > International aid packages
The Kuwaiti cabinet agreed to send aid supplies worth $US1 million ($A1.3 million) to the affected region.
Source: OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > Total aid package $100,000,000.00 [15th of 37]
Source: BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age
    Tsunami > Total aid package (per $ GDP) $2,083,330.00 per $1 billion [1st of 36]
    Tsunami > Total aid package (per capita) $42.81 per person [3rd of 37]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund ; Wikipedia, CNN; OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age; Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt

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