Seychelles Damage, Loss, and Needs Assessment (DaLA ... - GFDRR

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CHAPTER 3: Conclusion and
Recommendations
3.1 Damage and Loss Summary
According to the data reported from each affected sector,
the January 2013 disaster in the Seychelles resulted
in SR 65.6 million (US$5.3 million) of damages and SR
38.9 million (US$3.1million) of losses (Table 3.1). In total,
the over SR 104 million (US$8.4 million) is equivalent
to 0.77% of the country’s GDP. The transport/road
sector was affected the most (35.1%), followed by
agriculture (17.1%), housing (14.1%), health (7.2%),
land use (5%), and environment and industry (4.3%
each).
The infrastructure sector incurred more damages than
losses, as shown in figure 3.1. The social and productive
sectors had a similar share of damages and losses.
Both personal income and cross-cutting sectors have
recorded losses, but no damages.
Figure 3.1 Damage and losses
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In summary, most of the flood damage was sustained
by the infrastructure sector (38%), followed by productive
sectors (26%), social sectors (24%), cross-cutting
sectors (5%), fiscal budget (4%), and personal income
(3%) (figure 3.2).
Figure 3.2 Summary of the total damage and
losses by groups
Cross-cutting
5,084,414
5%
Social sectors
25,426,880
24%
Productive
sectors
27,532,008
26%
Fiscal budget
4,351,567
4%
Personal income
2,506,586
3%
Infrasructure
39,592,391
38%
Million SR
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n Loss
n Damage
In terms of public and private ownership, the majority
(70%) of the damage and losses is public, as the infrastructure,
education, and health sectors are publicly
owned (figure 3.3). The housing sector, the industry
sector, part of the agriculture sector, and income loss
have been included under the private sector.
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3.2 Recovery and Reconstruction
Summary
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Infrasructure
Productive
Social sector
Cross-cutting
Fiscal budget
Personal income
The financial requirements to achieve postdisaster recovery
and reconstruction are estimated at SR 378 million
(US$30.2 million) (see table 3.2). The report makes
a distinction between recovery needs and reconstruction
needs, with the former covering the restoration
of economic flows, such as the livelihoods and governance
systems and services, and the latter covering