Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh
As climate change exacerbates weather shocks, there is growing interest in understanding whether social assistance programs can support coping among poor rural households and whether program effects vary by gender. We assess whether a social assistance program – the Transfer Modality Research Initia...
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| author | Ahmed, Akhter Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Mueller, Valerie Quabili, Wahid Rakshit, Deboleena Roy, Shalini Thiede, Brian |
| author_browse | Ahmed, Akhter Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Mueller, Valerie Quabili, Wahid Rakshit, Deboleena Roy, Shalini Thiede, Brian |
| author_facet | Ahmed, Akhter Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Mueller, Valerie Quabili, Wahid Rakshit, Deboleena Roy, Shalini Thiede, Brian |
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| description | As climate change exacerbates weather shocks, there is growing interest in understanding whether social assistance programs can support coping among poor rural households and whether program effects vary by gender. We assess whether a social assistance program – the Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI) –influenced the effects of prior monsoon flooding on household consumption and adult diets in southern Bangladesh. TMRI provided cash or food transfers, with or without nutrition behavior change communication, from 2012-2014. Within the study sites and years, flooding was substantial but moderate. Our findings suggest that, without TMRI, a one-standard-deviation increase in lagged flooding led to households smoothing consumption by drawing down savings and reducing diet quality among both men and women. In contrast, among TMRI treatment households, lagged flooding did not reduce savings, and both men’s and women’s diet quality improved. Effects on diet quality appeared largely driven by legumes and by fruits and vegetables, and improvements appeared strongest among households receiving both transfers and behavior change communication. Results indicate that social assistance can help households cope with effects of moderate flooding in southern Bangladesh, protecting household savings and improving both men’s and women’s diets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1684182025-11-06T04:45:05Z Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh Ahmed, Akhter Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Mueller, Valerie Quabili, Wahid Rakshit, Deboleena Roy, Shalini Thiede, Brian extreme weather events climate change rural areas flooding cash transfers nutrition As climate change exacerbates weather shocks, there is growing interest in understanding whether social assistance programs can support coping among poor rural households and whether program effects vary by gender. We assess whether a social assistance program – the Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI) –influenced the effects of prior monsoon flooding on household consumption and adult diets in southern Bangladesh. TMRI provided cash or food transfers, with or without nutrition behavior change communication, from 2012-2014. Within the study sites and years, flooding was substantial but moderate. Our findings suggest that, without TMRI, a one-standard-deviation increase in lagged flooding led to households smoothing consumption by drawing down savings and reducing diet quality among both men and women. In contrast, among TMRI treatment households, lagged flooding did not reduce savings, and both men’s and women’s diet quality improved. Effects on diet quality appeared largely driven by legumes and by fruits and vegetables, and improvements appeared strongest among households receiving both transfers and behavior change communication. Results indicate that social assistance can help households cope with effects of moderate flooding in southern Bangladesh, protecting household savings and improving both men’s and women’s diets. 2024-12-30 2024-12-31T15:28:54Z 2024-12-31T15:28:54Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168418 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168278 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135996 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144145 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132862 Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Ahmed, Akhter; Bakhtiar, Mehrab; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John; Mueller, Valerie; Quabili, Wahid; Rakshit, Deboleena; Roy, Shalini; and Thiede, Brian. 2024. Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh. Gender Equality Initiative Brief. CGIAR System Organization. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168418 |
| spellingShingle | extreme weather events climate change rural areas flooding cash transfers nutrition Ahmed, Akhter Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Mueller, Valerie Quabili, Wahid Rakshit, Deboleena Roy, Shalini Thiede, Brian Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh |
| title | Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Social assistance and adaptation to flooding in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | social assistance and adaptation to flooding in bangladesh |
| topic | extreme weather events climate change rural areas flooding cash transfers nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168418 |
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