Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate

Reporting the results of a novel survey of shocks, coping, outcomes, and safety nets in Pakistan, we find high incidence and cost of shocks borne by households, with health and other idiosyncratic shocks dominating in frequency, costliness, and adversity. Sample households lack effective coping opti...

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Main Authors:	Heltberg, Rasmus, Lund, Niels
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Health Care Markets I110 General Welfare I310 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5830

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spelling	okr-10986-58302021-04-23T14:02:23Z Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate Heltberg, Rasmus Lund, Niels Analysis of Health Care Markets I110 General Welfare I310 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Reporting the results of a novel survey of shocks, coping, outcomes, and safety nets in Pakistan, we find high incidence and cost of shocks borne by households, with health and other idiosyncratic shocks dominating in frequency, costliness, and adversity. Sample households lack effective coping options and use mostly self-insurance and informal credit. Many shocks result in food insecurity, informal debts, child and bonded labour, and recovery is slow. Private and public social safety nets exist but offer little effective protection. Public action is needed to better control public health hazards and provide non-exploitative credit and more effective safety nets. 2012-03-30T07:34:45Z 2012-03-30T07:34:45Z 2009 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5830 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Pakistan
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description	Reporting the results of a novel survey of shocks, coping, outcomes, and safety nets in Pakistan, we find high incidence and cost of shocks borne by households, with health and other idiosyncratic shocks dominating in frequency, costliness, and adversity. Sample households lack effective coping options and use mostly self-insurance and informal credit. Many shocks result in food insecurity, informal debts, child and bonded labour, and recovery is slow. Private and public social safety nets exist but offer little effective protection. Public action is needed to better control public health hazards and provide non-exploitative credit and more effective safety nets.
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title	Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate
title_short	Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate
title_full	Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate
title_fullStr	Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate
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Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate

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