中文摘要：

东亚地区日益频发的自然灾害给各国造成了巨大的经济损失，影响着国家财政、社会稳定和人民生活。东亚地区的地缘特征与多灾现象，使得东亚国家间灾害合作机制与跨国自然灾害基金的成立可以有效管理灾害风险，提高救灾效率和减少灾害影响。本文从自然灾害对国家财政和宏观经济的影响入手，研究了东亚地区的灾害风险特征以及对国家的影响，并借鉴国际上地区间应对巨灾风险的主要融资方案，提出了建立东亚自然灾害基金的救灾合作机制，并就其运行和赔付机制进行了探索。

英文摘要：

The increasingly frequent natural disasters cause huge damages to the countries in East Asia, which in- fluences the public finance, social stability and people＇ s life. East Asia＇ s geographical and disaster characteristics make it possible to establish a disaster relief cooperation mechanism and multinational natural disaster fund among these countries in order to manage disaster risks effectively and reduce the damages caused by natural hazards. This paper began with a discussion on natural disasters＇ effects on the public finance and macroeconomic development, and then studied the disaster risks＇ structure and impacts in East Asian area. Then the paper referred to three main regional financing mechanisms for catastrophic disasters, and put forward suggestions on setting up the ＂East Asian Natural Disaster Fund＂ as an inter-governmental cooperation for disaster relief. It also addressed on the operational and compensation mechanism for the Fund.