Arbeitspapier

Aceh-Nias reconstruction and rehabilitation: Progress and challenges at the end of 2006

This study examines the recovery and reconstruction experience of Indonesia, following the December 2004 Asian tsunami that destroyed much of Aceh island, inflicting some 167,000 fatalities and destroying much of the island's housing and infrastructure. This was followed soon after by a major earthquake in the neighbouring island of Nias. A large reconstruction programme was launched by the government, with pledges from international donors to meet most of the reconstruction costs. The changed approach in Aceh following the tsunami paved the way for a peace settlement that ended a decades-long military conflict in the province. However, two years after the tsunami key reconstruction plan targets have not been met and are unlikely to be met in the foreseeable future. The Indonesian experience highlights coordination problems between the many government agencies, international donors, and NGOs; difficulties for reconstruction agencies in using funds effectively; and the dangers of a large funding gap emerging because of underestimation of local cost increases. Lessons and implications are drawn for institutional development and policy formulation to cope with future natural disasters. These have relevance not only for Indonesia but also for many other developing countries.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ADBI Discussion Paper ; No. 70

Classification
Wirtschaft
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Foreign Aid
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Subject
Überschwemmung
Makroökonomischer Einfluss
Gesellschaft
Wirtschaftslage
Aceh
Indonesien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Nazara, Suahasil
Resosudarmo, Budy P.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
(where)
Tokyo
(when)
2007

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Nazara, Suahasil
  • Resosudarmo, Budy P.
  • Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Time of origin

  • 2007

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