Selected Issues Papers

Fiscal Sustainability and Natural Disaster Risks in the ECCU: ECCU

By Sophia Chen, SPENCER SIEGEL, Camilo E Tovar Mora

May 30, 2025

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Sophia Chen, SPENCER SIEGEL, and Camilo E Tovar Mora. "Fiscal Sustainability and Natural Disaster Risks in the ECCU: ECCU", Selected Issues Papers 2025, 068 (2025), accessed July 10, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229011778.018

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Summary

ECCU countries are highly vulnerable to recurring and increasingly severe natural disasters. Evidence suggests that severe natural disaster have negative impacts on fiscal balances and debt in the region. This underscores the need for comprehensive disaster resilience strategies to mitigate immediate economic losses, finance post-disaster needs, and safeguard fiscal sustainability.

Subject: Environment, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stabilization, Fiscal stance, Fiscal sustainability, Natural disasters, Public debt

Keywords: Caribbean, ECCU, ECCU country, ECCU member states, Finance post-disaster, Fiscal stabilization, Fiscal stance, Fiscal Sustainability, Natural disaster risk, Natural Disasters, Western Hemisphere department

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