Do natural disasters change savings and employment choices? : evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan

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dc.contributor.authorEskander, Shaikh M.S.U.
dc.contributor.authorFankhauser, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorJha, Shikha
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-10T12:15:18Z
dc.date.available2020-03-10T12:15:18Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.description.abstractThe paper investigates the economic response of households to natural disasters in Bangladesh and Pakistan, and in particular, to what extent households adjust their income, employment strategies and savings in response to floods and storms. It discusses policy implications in terms of developing non-farm employment opportunities to reduce future harm, and financing economic migration to reduce income vulnerability. In Bangladesh, farmers move away from farm to nonfarm employment as a coping strategy, whereas nonfarmers increase their off-farm labor supply. Although farmers in Pakistan move away from agriculture as an immediate response to disasters, within a year they return to farming.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUK's Department of International Development (DFID)
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.issn2313-6537
dc.identifier.issn2313-6545
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/58634
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAsian Development Banken
dc.relation.ispartofADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 505en
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONen
dc.subjectDISASTER MANAGEMENTen
dc.subjectFLOODINGen
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHERen
dc.subjectMIGRATIONen
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENTen
dc.subjectFARMERSen
dc.subjectPUBLIC FINANCEen
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMEen
dc.subjectLABOUR MOBILITYen
dc.subjectPAKISTANen
dc.subjectBANGLADESHen
dc.subjectSOUTH ASIAen
dc.titleDo natural disasters change savings and employment choices? : evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistanen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
idrc.copyright.holder© 2016 Asian Development Bank
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceCC BY 3.0 IGOen
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber107643001
idrc.project.number107643
idrc.project.titlePathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economiesen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC36-1643402171-252087
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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