Workshop on Regional Analysis of Socio0Economic Impacts of the Indian Ocean Tsunami

ADPC’s Disaster Management Systems Team is organizing a meeting to present a “Regional Analysis of Socio-Economic Impacts of the Indian Ocean Tsunami” on 19-20 September 2005, Bangkok, Thailand. This meeting is being organized with funding from World Bank’s Hazard Management Unit and the ProVention Consortium, under a study that ADPC has undertaken for analyzing socio-economic impacts of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in the 5 affected countries in Asia, namely India, Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand. For each of the countries, relevant officials from the Reconstruction Authority, Finance Ministry, Central Bank, National Disaster Management Office and the Planning Department are being invited. During the meeting, based on the comparative analyses of Tsunami impacts presented by ADPC, possible actions by the countries for financial risk management and vulnerability reduction will be discussed.