Risk and Vulnerability in Nepal : Findings from the Household Risk and Vulnerability Survey
This report summarizes the findings of a unique panel survey of rural households in Nepal, conducted between 2016 and 2018 by the World Bank with financing from the UK Department for International Development (DfID). The survey covered six thousand...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/318281581716869564/Risk-and-Vulnerability-in-Nepal-Findings-from-the-Household-Risk-and-Vulnerability-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33365 |
| Summary: | This report summarizes the findings of a
unique panel survey of rural households in Nepal, conducted
between 2016 and 2018 by the World Bank with financing from
the UK Department for International Development (DfID). The
survey covered six thousand households in rural and
peri-urban areas nationwide. The objective of the survey was
to better understand the exposure of households to major
natural and socio-economic shocks, their means of coping
with these shocks, and the impact of shocks on household
welfare. While most households appear to be able to
withstand a range of smaller shocks to assets and income,
larger and more covariate shocks continue to pose a major
risk to household assets, food security and overall welfare.
These effects persist for up to two years following the
shock. The authors findings point to the importance of
having established formal social assistance to help the
chronically poor build their resilience and assist other
households that are normally non-poor to cope in the event
of major shocks. |
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