Search Results - subject:"Coping/strategies"

The impact of shocks on gender-differentiated asset dynamics in Bangladesh

Rakib, Muntaha; Matz, Julia Anna - 2014

and associated coping strategies are shaped by their lower involvement in agriculture. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468225

Disasters, Poverty, and Coping Strategies: The Framework and Empirical Evidence from Micro/Household Data - Philippine Case

Israel, Danilo C.; Briones, Roehlano M. - 2014

This study analyzed the interactions between natural disasters and household poverty and discussed the coping … strategies used by households in response to natural disasters in the Philippines. It used data from the 2011 CBMS Household … analytical frameworks for the study of the interactions between natural disasters, household poverty, and household coping …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421332

Entrepreneurship and Immigration: A Study of Africans in the Korean Economy

DeLancey, Rebecca Mbuh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Entrepreneurship has long been recognized as an important player in the development of Korea's economy. This is clearly demonstrated in the humble beginnings of Korea's giant conglomerates such as Samsung, Hyundai, Posco, and LG that started as small businesses. This research presents analysis...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107917

The Impact of Shocks on Gender-differentiated Asset Dynamics in Bangladesh

Rakib, Muntaha; Matz, Julia Anna - Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), Rheinische … - 2014

coping strategies are shaped by their lower involvement in agriculture. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199708

Health shocks and coping strategies: State health insurance scheme of Andhra Pradesh, India

Dhanaraj, Sowmya - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

The objectives of the study are three-fold: to investigate who are vulnerable to welfare loss from health shocks, what are the household responses to cope with the economic burden of health shocks and if policy responses like state health insurance scheme

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739477

The impact of shocks on gender-differentiated asset dynamics in Bangladesh:

Rakib, Muntaha; Matz, Julia Anna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Assets are an important means of coping with adverse events in developing countries but the role of gendered ownership is not yet fully understood. This paper investigates changes in assets owned by the household head, his spouse, or jointly by both of them in response to shocks in rural...

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Livestock as an Imperfect Buffer Stock in Poorly Integrated Markets

Lange, Simon; Reimers, Malte - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2014

Livestock holdings in rural areas of the West African Semi-arid Tropics (WASAT) are often substantial yet there is little evidence for precautionary saving in the form of livestock out of transitory income. The present paper re-visits farm households’ ability to smooth consumption ex post via...

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Paradoxes of sustainable food and consumer coping strategies

Moruzzi, R.; Sirieix, L. - Unité Mixte de Recherche Marchés, Organisations, … - 2014

the local purchase network. Results show different coping strategies among non engaged French and Italian consumers in …

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Microcredit as insurance: Evidence from Indian Self-Help Groups

Demont, Timothée - Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de … - 2014

In developing countries, most poor households experience extremely variable in-come because of a large exposure to climatic, economic and policy shocks, combined with a lack of appropriate insurance devices. Extreme weather events, in particular, are projected to become more frequent in a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930507

Ex-post Risk Management Among Rural Filipino Farm Households

Murata, Akira; Miyazaki, Suguru - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), … - 2014

This study investigated the factors affecting the choice of coping strategies by rural Filipino farm households in the …

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