Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh

Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh

This study investigates the choice of occupational focus versus diversification between household members in rural Bangladesh as an autonomous and proactive adaptation strategy against ex ante local rainfall variability risks. The analysis combines...

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Main Authors: Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit, Skoufias, Emmanuel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
ALTITUDE
AVAILABILITY OF WATER
AVERAGE RAINFALL
BANKS
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY
CLIMATE DATA
CLIMATE MODELS
CLIMATE REGIME
CLIMATE RESEARCH
CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE RISKS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CLIMATIC PARAMETERS
CLIMATIC PATTERNS
CONFLUENCE
CRU
DESCRIPTION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ELECTRICITY
EXTREME TEMPERATURE
FARMER
FARMERS
FEMALE
FEMALES
FLOOD
FLOOD PRONE AREAS
FLOODED
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOOD SECURITY
FORESTS
GENDER
GLACIERS
GLOBAL CLIMATE
HEAVY RAINFALL
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
INSURANCE
INTERVENTIONS
LOCAL RAIN
LOCAL RAINFALL
NATURAL HAZARDS
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONS
PP
PRECIPITATION
PROGRAMS
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINFALL DATA
RAINFALL EVENTS
RAINFALL UNCERTAINTY
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
REGIONAL RAINFALL
RELIEF
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ECONOMIES
RURAL ECONOMY
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SEA
SEA LEVEL RISE
SEASON
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TORNADO
TROPICAL CYCLONES
URBAN AREAS
VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL
VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL
WATER LEVELS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16506879/rainfall-variability-occupational-choice-welfare-rural-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11945

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16506879/rainfall-variability-occupational-choice-welfare-rural-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11945

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