Can Social Safety Nets Alleviate Seasonal Deprivation? Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh

Can Social Safety Nets Alleviate Seasonal Deprivation? Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh

This paper examines the role of social safety-net programs in Bangladesh run by the government and nongovernmental organizations to mitigate seasonal deprivation in the country's highly vulnerable northwest region. Specifically, the paper expl...

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Main Authors:	Khandker, Shahidur R., Khaleque, M. Abdul, Samad, Hussain A.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE ANTI-POVERTY BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASH BENEFIT CASH TRANSFERS CASH-FOR-WORK CASH-TRANSFER CHRONIC POVERTY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY NUTRITION CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COPING STRATEGIES COUNTERFACTUAL DAILY WAGE DESCRIPTION DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DIRECT TRANSFERS DISASTER RELIEF DISTRICTS DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC INSECURITY ECONOMIC SECURITY ECONOMIC STRESS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FAMINE FARM INCOME FEEDING PROGRAMS FEMALE FEMALES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD FOR EDUCATION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD POVERTY FOOD PRICE FOOD PROGRAM FOOD RATIONING FOOD RELIEF FOOD SECURITY FOOD TRANSFER FOOD-FOR-WORK FORMAL CREDIT HOMELESS HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN ASSETS HUMAN CAPITAL IFPRI INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME GENERATION INCOME TRANSFERS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFORMAL COPING MECHANISMS INFORMAL INSURANCE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LAGGING REGIONS LAND ASSET LAND ASSETS LANDHOLDINGS LANDLESS LIVELIHOOD PROTECTION LOCALITIES MAINTENANCE PROGRAM MEAL MICROCREDIT PROGRAMS MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL COVERAGE NATURAL DISASTERS NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAM OLD AGE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE OLD AGE PENSION PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL WOMEN POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INTERVENTION POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE SUBSIDIES PRODUCTIVE ASSET PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAM COVERAGE PROTECTION POLICY PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY NET PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC-WORKS RATIONS REGIONAL DIMENSION REGIONAL DISPARITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL MAINTENANCE RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL WOMEN SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOLING SHOCK SKILLS TRAINING SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS STARVATION STREET CHILDREN SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGETING TRAININGS TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS TRANSIENT POVERTY TRANSITORY POVERTY ULTRA POOR UNEMPLOYMENT URBANIZATION VILLAGES VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY VULNERABLE AREAS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WELFARE PROGRAMS WFP WHEAT WORK PROGRAM WORK REQUIREMENT WORKS PROGRAM WORKS PROGRAMS WORLD FOOD PROGRAM YC
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111031112402 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3631

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Summary:	This paper examines the role of social safety-net programs in Bangladesh run by the government and nongovernmental organizations to mitigate seasonal deprivation in the country's highly vulnerable northwest region. Specifically, the paper explores whether social safety nets are limited to averting seasonal deprivation or can also address seasonality of income and employment more generally. Using a recent survey from the greater Rangpur (northwest) region, the paper finds that social safety nets have a positive effect on mitigating both seasonal and non-seasonal food deprivation. The results are robust, owing to the recent expanded coverage of social safety-net programs run by nongovernmental organizations active in the region. But given the annual recurrence of monga (seasonal food insecurity) in the northwest region owing to agricultural seasonality and an overwhelming dependence on agriculture for livelihoods, social safety nets are not a reliable tool for monga eradication. Programs are also needed to promote the income and productivity of the poor through diversification of income and employment.

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