The World Bank report also said real gross domestic product growth "will be negatively affected through mid-2011" but should "pick up in subsequent quarters as reconstruction efforts, which could last five years, accelerate."
The report, quoting government and other sources, estimated the damage from $122 billion to $235 billion, or 2.5 to 4 percent of the GDP, and the cost to private insurers of as much as $33 billion.
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