TY - BOOK AU - Zapata, Ricardo TI - Economic impact of disasters : evidence from DALA assessments by ECLAC in Latin America and the Caribbean PY - 2009/// CY - SantiagoCL PB - UN ECLAC N2 - Assesses the economic impact of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, via the evidence-based approach. Sheds light on the link between economic performance, development dynamics and how disasters, as "external" shocks generate lingering effects of different relative importance ER -