Hurricane Mitch, Aleman, and Other Disasters for Women in Nicaragua
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12758283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cynthia Chavez Metoyer (California State University, San Marcos, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-415 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-3577 • E-ISSN: 1528-3585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1528-3577.00068 |
| OpenAlex | W1970720974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Hurricane Mitch caused unprecedented destruction when it swept through Nicaragua and Honduras in October 1998. Official reports estimated that 3,332 were reported killed or missing and an estimated $1.5 billion damages were caused in Nicaragua alone. Though Mitch did not cause Nicaragua’s impoverishment, the severity of its destruction revealed a deeper crisis that has been troubling Nicaragua’s economy for over a decade—an economic crisis aggravated by heavy external debts and structural adjustment policies. Using feminist analysis, the case of Nicaragua is explored to consider the effects of natural disasters from a global perspective and to rethink the long‐term merits of structural adjustment and foreign aid
Business · Damages · Debt · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Natural disaster · Political science · Agricultural risk and resilience · Law
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2013 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |