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26 | El Salvador: Damage, Loss, and Needs Assesment ecosystems, caused by landslides and floods (US$60.07 million). Third, the agricultural sector experienced the destruction of irrigation infrastructure and significant production losses in various crops, chiefly coffee, sugar cane and beans, with a combined value of US$42.5 million. Fourth, the water and sanitation sector (US$19.7 million) suffered significant destruction to water supply and sewerage systems; its operational revenue was affected for a relatively long period of time. Next is the housing sector which experienced significant destruction (US$18.4 million), with the consequent worsening of preexisting housing shortages in terms of quantity and quality, followed by the industrial sector (US$15.5 million) and commerce, which had significant losses in terms of sales and the destruction of assets and stocks (US$14.9 million). The education sector experienced the destruction of schools and partial damage to some 100 others (US$11.07 million). The health sector reported damages to installations and medical supplies (US$10.2 million) GRAPH 6. DAMAGES AND LOSSES IN THE MOST AFFECTED SECTORS (in millions of US$) Source: Estimates by assessment mission.
II. POPULATION AND AFFECTED AREAS | 27 The magnitude of the disaster at national level is limited (1.44% of GDP), 12 and the comparison of the value of destroyed assets is equivalent to 3.4% of the annual rate of gross formation of fixed capital. However, when geographically more disaggregated values are examined, one can better visualize the tragedy caused by this event. It should be noted that the disaster’s impacts were concentrated in 5 of the country’s 14 departments, and these accounted for nearly 85% of damages and losses, as indicated below: Department TABLE 8. DAMAGES AND LOSSES BY DEPARTMENT Damages and losses (in millions of US$) Percentage of total La Paz 56.6 25.3 San Salvador 54.6 24.4 San Vicente 49.4 22.1 La Libertad 27.2 12.2 Cuscatlán 18.9 8.4 Source: Estimates by assessment mission. Image 8 illustrates this spatial distribution of the disaster’s total effects. By considering the figures dealing with the effects of the disaster, by department, one can obtain more details on how the country’s inhabitants have been affected. Table 9 shows, for the five most affected departments, the figures corresponding to the Human Development Index (HDI) prepared by UNDP for the current year, 13 together with the value of damages and losses per inhabitant and the value of total effects in comparison with the GDP per inhabitant. From this, it can be inferred that there is an inverse relationship between the greater value of damages and losses per person, and the relationship between these effects and the GDP with regard to the current year’s HDI. This reinforces the idea that persons with lower degrees of relative development in the country are those who have received the strongest impact caused by the disaster, and government efforts to reduce the nation’s poverty and unemployment must be increased and focused on the departments that were most affected (see Images 9 and 10). 12 Note that the purpose of this comparison is to illustrate the gross magnitude of the disaster; it does not represent the reduction to which the GDP may be subjected as a result of the losses. This issue will be addressed in the next chapter. 13 See Status of human development in the municipalities of El Salvador, 2009, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr. Guillermo Manuel Ungo Foundation (FUNDAUNGO), and Under-Secretariat of Territorial Development and Decentralization, San Salvador, 2009.
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