You are an economic analyst working for a foreign government (not NZ), an international multilateral organization like the World Bank, or an international aid agency like NZAID. Your country (or the one you work in) was just hit by a massive sudden-onset disaster (an earthquake, a cyclone, or something similar) or a slower- onset one (e.g., drought). You need to assess the likely impact of this event in the short- and long-term and the desired actions of your organisation in the next several years. Your choice of organisation (your employer) will determine what you focus on, but the focus of your discussion should be your organization’s specific policy decisions with respect to this event (grounded in your predictions of what will happen). Use the information gleaned from lectures, required readings and your background reading on what happened in your country during this event. Base this scenario on an event that actually occurred in an real country (not an hypothetical one). Be as detailed, quantitative and specific as you can credibly be.
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