Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods

At their peak, the 1998 floods covered two-thirds of Bangladesh, causing severe damage to the major rice crop and threatening the food security of tens of millions of households. In this paper, we first highlight the contribution of government policy interventions, including trade liberalization in...

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Main Authors: del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2003
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157849
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description At their peak, the 1998 floods covered two-thirds of Bangladesh, causing severe damage to the major rice crop and threatening the food security of tens of millions of households. In this paper, we first highlight the contribution of government policy interventions, including trade liberalization in the early 1990s, to stabilization of rice markets during and after the flood. Then, using a panel data set covering 750 households in three rounds over a 13-month period, we analyze impacts of the flood on household assets, consumption and nutritional outcomes. Finally, we present empirical estimates of the contribution of rice market stabilization and government transfers to household food consumption.
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spelling CGSpace1578492025-04-08T18:33:23Z Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods del Ninno, Carlo Dorosh, Paul A. Smith, Lisa C. flooding rice trade liberalization households state intervention resilience At their peak, the 1998 floods covered two-thirds of Bangladesh, causing severe damage to the major rice crop and threatening the food security of tens of millions of households. In this paper, we first highlight the contribution of government policy interventions, including trade liberalization in the early 1990s, to stabilization of rice markets during and after the flood. Then, using a panel data set covering 750 households in three rounds over a 13-month period, we analyze impacts of the flood on household assets, consumption and nutritional outcomes. Finally, we present empirical estimates of the contribution of rice market stabilization and government transfers to household food consumption. 2003-07 2024-10-24T12:52:10Z 2024-10-24T12:52:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157849 en Limited Access Elsevier Del Ninno, Carlo; Dorosh, Paul A.; Smith, Lisa C. 2003. Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods. World Development 31(7): 1221-1238. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00071-8
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trade liberalization
households
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del Ninno, Carlo
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Smith, Lisa C.
Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods
title Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods
title_full Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods
title_fullStr Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods
title_full_unstemmed Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods
title_short Public policy, markets and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods
title_sort public policy markets and household coping strategies in bangladesh avoiding a food security crisis following the 1998 floods
topic flooding
rice
trade liberalization
households
state intervention
resilience
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157849
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