Are Cash for Work (CFW) Programs Effective to Promote Disaster Recovery? Evidence from the Case of Fukushima Prefecture

Nagamatsu, Shingo

doi:10.20965/jdr.2014.p0161

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“…However, temporary housing was intended as short‐term support until migrants returned to their hometowns (Maly, ). Job opportunities were also temporary, and most of them were part time (Nagamatsu, ), in the expectation that the evacuees would return to their hometowns in the near future. However, returning home was a difficult decision for many of the evacuees that required careful consideration.…”

Section: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Of 2011mentioning

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Return Migration and Decontamination After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

2019

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Return migration is key to community recovery from many disasters. Japanese governments have conducted radiation decontamination efforts in the Exclusion Zone designated after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in order to encourage this outcome. Little is known, however, about the factors that influence post-disaster migrants to return, and, if people are relatively unresponsive to decontamination, then the costs of promoting recovery may exceed the benefits. We exploit a unique survey of Fukushima evacuees to determine the factors that influence their decision to return after a disaster. Location-specific capital characteristics, such as housing tenure and the extent of property damage, are estimated to be strong factors. The radiation dose rate of the home location is found to be a statistically significant factor for intent to return, but its effect is small. We also found that households with various other characteristics were noncommittal about the return option and likely to defer their decisions, which implies that "return" and "not-return" are asymmetric. Our simulation analysis found that the number of returnees encouraged by this decontamination was 12,882, less than 8% of the total evacuees, while the decontamination cost per returnee was 3.36 million USD. This result implies that the government could have improved the well-being of evacuees at a lower cost by policies other than decontamination.

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Section: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Of 2011mentioning

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“…The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 touched off a cascade of disasters, including catastrophic tsunami and associated flooding, culminating in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident (Nagamatsu, ). Next to Chernobyl, this is the most severe nuclear accident to date.…”

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Return Migration and Decontamination After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

2019

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“…This program did not give priority to household members affected by the earthquake in the form of homelessness. Nagamatsu (2014) conducted another study to see the effectiveness of CFW in nuclear disaster recovery in Japan, using a quantitative approach. The findings show that 40% of participants still rely on their work as their primary income source.…”

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“…Therefore, the main requirement for the objectives of the CFW program to be learned is the strong commitment of the village to budget the CFW ≥30% must be attended. Nagamatsu (2014) showed that the CFW program conducted in the process of reconstruction after the East Japan earthquake, especially in Fukushima prefecture in 2011, made 40% of the program participants work, where the money earned from the CFW program was instead used as the primary income of households. It can analyze that the CFW program successfully carried out correctly to overcome unemployment due to earthquake disasters.…”

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Ensuring Cash-Intensive Efficiency in the Village: Meta Frontier Analysis

Abdulkadir¹,

Afriana²,

Azis³

2021

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Inequality, poverty, and unemployment in villages are still problems that have not been adequately resolved to date. Starting to allocate village funds in 2015 and Cash For Work (CFW) in 2018, it hopes this would accelerate these problems. This study uses a meta frontier analysis. This study found three factors that significantly affected inefficiency: the variable number of villages that had not budgeted for CFW ≥30%, the number of villages that had not reported CFW, and the CFW process status ≥ 30%. This study proposes three policy recommendations, including the 30 percent minimum working day (HOK) limit that is no longer a benchmark and gives villages the freedom to use the Village Fund using the self-management method. Second, the Government should synergize data on poverty reduction programs and unemployment between ministries or institutions. Third, the Village Government must prioritize the development of village potential while still empowering marginalized communities.Keywords: Efficiency, Cash Intensive WorkJEL: D72, H7

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“…Another study was conducted by Nagamatsu, (2014) to see the effectiveness of CFW in nuclear disaster recovery in Japan, using a quantitative approach. The findings show that 40% of participants still rely on their work as their main source of income.…”

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The Effectiveness of Cash For Work in Handling the Impact of COVID-19

Fitriani

2020

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COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on all aspects of life, especially the economy. Economic activity has stopped causing a decrease in income and loss of employment, that vulnerable groups are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. BAZNAS seeks to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 through the CFW program, an innovation in distributing zakat to vulnerable groups (mustahiq) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. CFW program helped vulnerable groups, especially food needs. This paper tried to explain the implementation of BAZNAS CFW and to analyze the effectiveness of the program for mustahiq. The study was conducted using a qualitative approach through interviews and documentation methods. The BAZNAS CFW concept is unique, namely collective social empowerment, for mustahiq and Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The majority of participants who took part in the BAZNAS CFW program gave positive responses regarding the implementation and the impact it had given. That shows CFW was effective in tackling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The advantage of CFW is that it encourages the purchasing power of mustahiq towards economic needs, which can be purchased in the SMEs sector. This empowerment is not only for mustahiq, but also for the SMEs sector. CFW is beneficial for the social environment because it maintains and builds public facilities needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, implementation in the short term is a disadvantage of CFW, meaning that economic improvements can not be seen in the short term. CFW is not a permanent employer program, but temporary work as a response to mitigating the impact of COVID-19.

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Are Cash for Work (CFW) Programs Effective to Promote Disaster Recovery? Evidence from the Case of Fukushima Prefecture

Cited by 11 publications

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Return Migration and Decontamination After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

Return Migration and Decontamination After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

Ensuring Cash-Intensive Efficiency in the Village: Meta Frontier Analysis

The Effectiveness of Cash For Work in Handling the Impact of COVID-19

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