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

Khandker, Shahidur R.; Khaleque, M. Abdul; Samad, Hussain A.

dc.creator	Khandker, Shahidur R.
dc.creator	Khaleque, M. Abdul
dc.creator	Samad, Hussain A.
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:05:53Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:05:53Z
dc.date	2011-10-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:00:42Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:00:42Z
dc.identifier	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
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3631
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244595
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5865
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	ANTI-POVERTY
dc.subject	BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject	BENEFICIARY
dc.subject	BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	CASH BENEFIT
dc.subject	CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject	CASH-FOR-WORK
dc.subject	CASH-TRANSFER
dc.subject	CHRONIC POVERTY
dc.subject	COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	COMMUNITY NUTRITION
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subject	COPING STRATEGIES
dc.subject	COUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subject	DAILY WAGE
dc.subject	DESCRIPTION
dc.subject	DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
dc.subject	DIRECT TRANSFERS
dc.subject	DISASTER RELIEF
dc.subject	DISTRICTS
dc.subject	DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INSECURITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SECURITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC STRESS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject	EXTERNAL SHOCKS
dc.subject	EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject	FAMINE
dc.subject	FARM INCOME
dc.subject	FEEDING PROGRAMS
dc.subject	FEMALE
dc.subject	FEMALES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	FOOD FOR EDUCATION
dc.subject	FOOD FOR WORK
dc.subject	FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subject	FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	FOOD POVERTY
dc.subject	FOOD PRICE
dc.subject	FOOD PROGRAM
dc.subject	FOOD RATIONING
dc.subject	FOOD RELIEF
dc.subject	FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject	FOOD TRANSFER
dc.subject	FOOD-FOR-WORK
dc.subject	FORMAL CREDIT
dc.subject	HOMELESS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	HUMAN ASSETS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	IFPRI
dc.subject	INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME GENERATION
dc.subject	INCOME TRANSFERS
dc.subject	INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	INFORMAL COPING MECHANISMS
dc.subject	INFORMAL INSURANCE
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subject	LAGGING REGIONS
dc.subject	LAND ASSET
dc.subject	LAND ASSETS
dc.subject	LANDHOLDINGS
dc.subject	LANDLESS
dc.subject	LIVELIHOOD PROTECTION
dc.subject	LOCALITIES
dc.subject	MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
dc.subject	MEAL
dc.subject	MICROCREDIT PROGRAMS
dc.subject	MINIMUM WAGE
dc.subject	NATIONAL COVERAGE
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	NUTRITION PROGRAM
dc.subject	OLD AGE
dc.subject	OLD AGE ALLOWANCE
dc.subject	OLD AGE PENSION
dc.subject	PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	POOR
dc.subject	POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	POOR INDIVIDUALS
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POOR RURAL WOMEN
dc.subject	POVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	POVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subject	POVERTY INTERVENTION
dc.subject	POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	POVERTY RATE
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRICE SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE ASSET
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subject	PROGRAM COVERAGE
dc.subject	PROTECTION POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC SAFETY
dc.subject	PUBLIC SAFETY NET
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORKS
dc.subject	PUBLIC-WORKS
dc.subject	RATIONS
dc.subject	REGIONAL DIMENSION
dc.subject	REGIONAL DISPARITY
dc.subject	RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject	RURAL
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	RURAL MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	RURAL PEOPLE
dc.subject	RURAL POOR
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject	RURAL RESIDENTS
dc.subject	RURAL WOMEN
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAFETY NET
dc.subject	SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SHOCK
dc.subject	SKILLS TRAINING
dc.subject	SOCIAL INSURANCE
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	SOCIAL SAFETY NET
dc.subject	SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	STARVATION
dc.subject	STREET CHILDREN
dc.subject	SUBSISTENCE
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TARGETING
dc.subject	TRAININGS
dc.subject	TRANSFER PROGRAM
dc.subject	TRANSFER PROGRAMS
dc.subject	TRANSIENT POVERTY
dc.subject	TRANSITORY POVERTY
dc.subject	ULTRA POOR
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VILLAGES
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
dc.subject	VULNERABLE AREAS
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUP
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject	VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	WAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	WELFARE PROGRAMS
dc.subject	WFP
dc.subject	WHEAT
dc.subject	WORK PROGRAM
dc.subject	WORK REQUIREMENT
dc.subject	WORKS PROGRAM
dc.subject	WORKS PROGRAMS
dc.subject	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
dc.subject	YC
dc.title	Can Social Safety Nets Alleviate Seasonal Deprivation? Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Bangladesh