International Assistance in Disasters

Military medical assistance following natural disasters: refining the rapid response.

The opinions or assertions are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Army Medical Department or the Department of Defense. All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth Genesis 41:57 Since the beginning of recorded history, governments have provided humanitarian assistance during disasters due to natural hazards....

Therapy dogs and stress management assistance during disasters.

Currency Areas and International Assistance

This paper considers a simple stochastic model of international trade with three countries. Two of the tree countries are in an economic union. Comparisons are made between equilibrium welfare for these two countries under fixed and flexible exchange rate regimes. Within the model it is shown that flexible exchange rate regimes generate greater welfare. However, we then consider comparisons of ...

Iraqi Public Favors International Assistance

Though many Iraqis are unhappy with the presence of US-led forces, most express strong support for various forms of international assistance, including the presence of foreign security forces, UN (rather than US) leadership on reconstruction, an international conference of global and regional players to address Iraq's needs, engagement by the Arab League and a variety of forms of nonmilitary US...

The Two Faces of International Assistance