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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Published inWorld development Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. 1221 - 1238
Main Authors Del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2003
Elsevier
Pergamon Press Inc
SeriesWorld Development
Subjects
Assets
Bangladesh
Consumption
demand for calories
Development studies
Disasters
Economic crisis
Economic theory
Floods
Food
Food Security
Household economics
Households
Impact analysis
Market
Natural Disasters
Nutrition
Poverty
Public Policy
Rice
Security
Social services
South Asia
Studies
Bangladesh
natural disasters
Bangladesh
demand for calories
food security
South Asia
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Summary: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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ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00071-8