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nation in becoming more prepared and resilient before
a storm event reduces the scope of possible HA/DR
required after a storm.
Funding Sources
In today’s highly competitive resource-constrained
environment, a GCC’s J9 and the USAID LNO can be
a conduit for a partner nation to connect with a variety of governmental and non-governmental funding
sources. While DoD receives recurring annual HA/
DR funding for preparedness and upon request, response activities, USAID is the principal USG agency
that manages development assistance funds—at an
approximate annual level between $20-$30 billion
across all its program activities.59 While the U.S. leads
the international donor community in contributions,
more than 56 nations and 260 multilateral aid organizations contribute development resources—World
Bank administered trust funds totaled almost $9 billion in 2008 and private donors such as foundations
and NGOs contributed more than $52 billion in 2008.
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New donor nations are emerging with China, India,
Brazil, Taiwan, and Russia collectively contributing
over $8 billion annually.61 The Inter-American Development Bank, the Pan American Health Organization,
the Organization for American States Inter-American
Fund for Assistance in Emergency Situations (FONDEM), UN-administered Green Climate Fund and the
DoD’s Defense Environmental International Cooperation Program (DEIC) are all sources of funding for
HA/DR and/or proactive climate change resiliency
measures.62 Within the USAID-administered Global
Climate Change Initiative, the U.S. Treasury Department leads the multilateral finance component.63 It

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