Supply Chain Trade and Disaster Relief Aid in East Asia

This dataset supports a study analyzing how natural disasters impacting supply chain trade influence donor country aid allocation. It includes a quantitative analysis and comparative case study of Japan's responses to disasters in Thailand and Vietnam. The author is Masafumi Fujita from the Foreign Policy Analysis Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between supply chain trade disruption metrics and aid allocation amounts for donor countries.
• Compare Japan's aid responses to disasters in Thailand versus Vietnam to identify strategic policy variations.
• Model the influence of corporate interest in supply chain restoration on government aid decisions using case study data.

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a peer-reviewed academic study published in Foreign Policy Analysis.
• Last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The specific data structure, including column names, row count, and file formats, is unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to case studies of Thailand and Vietnam within East Asia.

Provenance

Source

Foreign Policy Analysis Dataverse, authored by Masafumi Fujita.

Collection Method

Combination of quantitative analysis and comparative case study.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-21.

Geography

East Asia, specifically Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam.