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SELA is organizing the “Regional Meeting on the macroeconomic impact of disasters due to the occurrence of natural events in Latin America and the Caribbean”, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Government of Costa Rica, through the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (MIDEPLAN). During the event, the Permanent Secretariat of SELA will present the study “Macroeconomic impact of natural disasters due to the occurrence of natural events in Latin America and the Caribbean”, whose main objective is to measure the impact of disasters due to the occurrence of natural phenomena on the economic activity and public spending.
