Eskander, ShaikhFankhauser, SamJha, ShikhaBatool, SamaviaQaisrani, Ayesha2020-03-022020-03-022018-022515-5709http://hdl.handle.net/10625/58573The paper explores to what extent households adjust their savings and income strategies in response to floods. Using a detailed panel dataset that was assembled concurrently with two major flood events in Pakistan, evidence shows household economic adjustments. However, these appear to be temporary: affected farmers move away from agriculture as an immediate response to floods, but they return within a year. Flood affected households allocate a significant portion of their post-flood income to replenish livestock and seeds. The findings have policy implications in terms of strategies to develop nonfarm employment, and in financing economic migration to reduce income vulnerability.application/pdfenSEMI-ARID REGIONSFLOODINGRURAL LIVELIHOODSEMPLOYMENTNATURAL DISASTERSDISASTER PREPAREDNESSPAKISTANSOUTH ASIAWorking Paper