The poverty–vulnerability–resilience nexus: Evidence from Bangladesh

Akter, Sonia; Mallick, Bishawjit

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.10.008

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“…Coastal Bangladesh has been impacted by 47 cyclones since 1960 (BBS 2013); cyclone intensity is also expected to increase under climate change (Knutson et al 2010). Such events can result in serious livelihood impacts and intensify food insecurity (Akter and Mallick 2013;Akter and Basher 2014). Efforts to expand maize cultivation are therefore unlikely to be successful without risk mitigation.…”

Section: Study Region and Risk Contextmentioning

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Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh

2017

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This paper investigates if climate change skepticism, farmers' fatalistic beliefs, and insurance plan design influence interest in crop weather insurance. While studies of the influence of fatalism on disaster preparedness are common, the ways in which fatalism influences climate change skepticism, and in turn affects farmers' interest in crop insurance, have not been previously investigated. An additional objective was to understand farmers' preferences for index versus standard insurance options, the former entailing damage compensation based on post-hazard assessment, the latter tying damage compensation to a set of weather parameter thresholds. A discrete choice experiment was conducted with maize farmers on a climate-risk prone island in coastal Bangladesh. Most farmers were insurance averse. Those who chose insurance were however significantly more likely to select standard as opposed to index-based insurance. Insurance demand was significantly and positively correlated with farmers' concern about the adverse livelihood impacts of climate change. Farmers who exhibited fatalistic views regarding the consequences of climate change were significantly less likely to opt for insurance of either kind. These findings imply that the prospect for farmers' investment in insurance is conditioned by their understanding of climate change risks and the utility of adaptation, in addition to insurance scheme design.

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Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh

2017

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“…Swain [57] stated that the flow alteration brought much misery and hardship to approximately 35 million people in nearly one-third of the total area of Bangladesh, who are directly dependent on the Ganges Basin for their livelihood. This region is already vulnerable to cyclone and other manmade disasters [58,59], and the situation is more aggravated by the altered flow regime. A detailed investigation on Farakka water diversion-induced social-ecological consequences has been carried out by Adel [60].…”

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Impact of the Farakka Dam on Thresholds of the Hydrologic Flow Regime in the Lower Ganges River Basin (Bangladesh)

Gain

Giupponi

2014

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Abstract:The variation of river flow within a natural range plays an important role in promoting the social-ecological sustainability of a river basin. In order to determine the extent of the natural range of variation, this study assesses hydrologic flow thresholds for the Lower Ganges River Basin. The flow threshold was calculated using twenty-two "Range of Variability (RVA)" parameters. The impact of Farakka Dam on the Lower Ganges River flow was calculated by comparing threshold parameters for the pre-Farakka period (from 1934 to 1974) and the post-Farakka period . The results demonstrate that due to water diversion by the Farakka Dam, various threshold parameters, including the monthly mean of the dry season (December-May) and yearly minimum flows, have been altered significantly. The ecological consequences of such hydrologic alterations include the destruction of the breeding and raising grounds for a number of Gangetic species, the increase of salinity in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh and a reduction of fish and agricultural diversity. The major findings in this paper have a number of policy-level implications to aid water sharing mechanisms and agreements between the government of Bangladesh and India. The methodological approach presented in this study is applicable to other river basins.

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“…Reference [9] show that the incidence of poverty increased by dramatically: 15,000 before the storm and 10,000 after [12]. Reference [8] argue that poor people are more vulnerable to natural disasters such as floods, as their incomes are more dependent on weather, their housing more conducive to health risks, and their assets less protected.…”

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Spatial Relationship between Floods and Poverty: The Case of Region of Dakar

Cissé¹,

Mendy²

2018

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Since 2005 in Senegal, progress in reducing poverty has stagnated. Successive exogenous shocks and a slowdown in reforms have, in part, reduced average growth to 3.3%, a rate barely above that of population growth (2.5%). Exogenous shocks include floods, which have become recurrent in the country's major cities, but especially in the capital Dakar, where they remain an omnipresent reality. These floods, with heavy consequences sometimes even disastrous (damage and loss of human life), are one of the main reasons that push and/or keep poor households in a vicious circle of poverty. Indeed, thanks to the geographic information system implemented in this paper, the analysis of the spatial relationship between floods and poverty has made it possible to oppose the multidimensional and dimensional poverty rates of the department of Dakar, the least affected by floods, to those in Pikine, the most affected by the floods. It has also shown that the poorest populations in the region of Dakar are those affected by floods and are mainly located in the departments of Pikine, Guédiawaye and Rufisque. In Pikine, where floods were experienced in 2005, 2009 and 2011, multidimensional poverty rates crossed the 50% line while they are around 30% and 40% for Guédiawaye and Rufisque respectively. Multidimensional poverty rates derive primarily from indicators such as nutrition, level of education, cooking fuel and holding of assets.

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The poverty–vulnerability–resilience nexus: Evidence from Bangladesh

Cited by 190 publications

References 26 publications

Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh

Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh

Impact of the Farakka Dam on Thresholds of the Hydrologic Flow Regime in the Lower Ganges River Basin (Bangladesh)

Spatial Relationship between Floods and Poverty: The Case of Region of Dakar

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