El Salvador - GFDRR

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The external support team was composed of experts and specialists from the World Bank, the European
Commission and the United Nations (UN) system, particularly the Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe -CEPAL), the Global Facility
for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), 1 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Joint
Research Center of the European Commission (JRC) and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), with
the coordinated efforts of other international agencies. The evaluation was joined by staff of the Inter-
American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The study was coordinated by Lic. Jaime Acosta of STP; the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations
System for El Salvador and Belize, Jessica Faieta; the World Bank representative in El Salvador, Alberto
Leyton; the World Bank’s mission leader, Armando Guzmán; the representative of GFDRR, Doekle
Wielinga; and Ricardo Zapata of CEPAL. The joint support mission (assessment mission) was composed of
the following persons:
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Acosta, Alicia; agricultural sector, CEPAL (subregional headquarters in Mexico)
Bambarén, Celso; impact on health, water and sanitation, PAHO/WHO
Baraqui, Jaime; transportation and communications infrastructure
Barathe, Richard, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP–El Salvador
Corrales, Luis; risk management, environment, and water and sanitation infrastructure assessment,
World Bank (Washington headquarters)
Dickson, Eric; housing sector, World Bank (Washington headquarters)
Gerhardinger, Andrea; Global Security and Crisis Management Unit, JRC
Guzmán, Armando; Mission leader for World Bank assessment team, specialist in disaster risk
management, World Bank (Washington headquarters)
Jovel, Roberto; assessment of damages and losses and expert in energy assessment, GFDRR/World
Bank (Washington headquarters)
Orrego, Juan Carlos; UNDP/BCPR
Ortega, Liudmila; impacts on livelihood and gender
Rivas, Juan Carlos; macroeconomic analysis, CEPAL (subregional headquarters in Mexico)
Salomón, Emilio; estimate of livelihoods and intensive employment recovery programs, ILO
Sandersen, Frode; Deputy Division Director, Chief of Discipline – Avalanches, NGI
Trianni, Giovanna; Global Security and Crisis Administration Unit, JRC
Urzúa, Myriam; Focal Point for Disaster Evaluation, social sector, CEPAL (subregional headquarters in
Mexico)
Velasco, Osmar; risk management and housing, World Bank (offices in Guatemala)
Villarreal, Francisco; macroeconomic analysis, non-agricultural productive sectors, CEPAL
(subregional headquarters in Mexico)
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Since its creation in September 2006, GFDRR has become an association of 25 countries and of regional and international
organizations that are committed to aiding developing countries in reducing their vulnerability to natural risks and
adapting to climate change.