Building resilience and adaptation to climate change in Malawi: Quantitative baseline report

Duchoslav, Jan; Kenamu, Edwin; Gilbert, Rachel; Baulch, Bob; Palloni, Giordano; Gilligan, Daniel O.

doi:10.2499/p15738coll2.133763

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“…The data confirm the evidence from the key informant interviews on the use of the splitting process as a coping mechanism by the poorest household, and that a poor original household generates a poor split-off household. This tendency was verified using household access to social safety net programs targeted toward the poorest and most vulnerable households in Malawi [41,42]. These safety net programs include free maize or other food, public works programs, food or cash-for-work programs, inputs-for-work programs, school feeding programs, targeted nutrition programs, supplementary feeding for malnourished children at a nutritional rehabilitation unit, scholarships or bursaries for secondary education, scholarships for tertiary education, tertiary loan schemes, direct cash transfers from government, and other transfers.…”

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Household Splitting Process and Food Security in Malawi

Sassi

2023

Nutrients

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Despite the frequent changes in household composition in Sub-Saharan Africa, the literature on the household division process is sparse, with no evidence of its effect on food security. This paper addresses the topic in Malawi, where the fission process is evident and malnutrition is a severe problem. Using the Integrated Household Panel Dataset, this study applies the difference-in-difference model with the propensity score matching technique to compare matched groups of households that did and did not split between 2010 and 2013. The results suggest that coping strategies adopted by poor households and life course events determine household fission in Malawi, a process that benefits household food security in the short term. On average, the food consumption score is 3.74 units higher among households that split between 2010 and 2013 compared to the matched households that did not. However, the household division might have long-run adverse effects on food insecurity, especially for poor households due to the adoption of coping strategies that might compromise their human capital and income-generating activities. Therefore, this process warrants attention for the more accurate understanding, design, and evaluation of food security interventions.

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Section: Variablesmentioning

confidence: 87%

Household Splitting Process and Food Security in Malawi

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2023

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Building resilience and adaptation to climate change in Malawi: Quantitative baseline report

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Household Splitting Process and Food Security in Malawi

Household Splitting Process and Food Security in Malawi

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