This paper assesses the impact of hurricane Mitch on livelihood strategies of rural households in Nicaragua. Through destruction or distress sales of productive assets, a hurricane or another natural hazard could induce people with relatively remunerative livelihoods to choose more defensive strategies which allow them to survive, but at a permanently lower welfare level than before. Using panel data from before and after hurricane Mitch, we find that livelihood strategies can be grouped into three welfare categories. Annual farming and farm employment generate low incomes, whereas nonfarm wage employment and livestock farming result in relatively high incomes. Perennial farming, nonfarm self-employment and annual cropping with nonfarm empl...
When a natural disaster hits, the affected households try to cope with its impacts. A variety of cop...
Background: In a post-war frontier area in north-western Nicaragua that was severely hit by Hurrican...
<p>Several studies on households and individuals coping with disasters have been made. The Phi...
This paper assesses the impact of hurricane Mitch on livelihood strategies of rural households in Ni...
This paper assesses the impact of hurricane Mitch on livelihood strategies of rural households in Ni...
This paper analyses coping strategies and consumption reactions of rural households in Nicaragua to ...
Risk has been presented as a cause of poverty persistence under imperfect insurance mechanisms. This...
A natural disaster can greatly reduce human capital accumulation by households, and decrease the pos...
This paper assesses the extent to which Hurricane Mitch affected the rural poor in Honduras and whet...
This thesis uses an income approach in analyzing the effect of climatic shocks on the poverty and vu...
While Nicaragua over the past decade has ranked among the poorest countries in Latin America in term...
Several studies on households and individuals coping with disasters have been made. The Philippines,...
When a natural disaster hits, the affected households try to cope with its impacts. A variety of cop...
"Droughts, hurricanes and other environmental shocks punctuate the lives of poor and vulnerable popu...
The main goal of this paper is to develop a methodology to quantitatively assess resilience to food ...
When a natural disaster hits, the affected households try to cope with its impacts. A variety of cop...
Background: In a post-war frontier area in north-western Nicaragua that was severely hit by Hurrican...
<p>Several studies on households and individuals coping with disasters have been made. The Phi...
This paper assesses the impact of hurricane Mitch on livelihood strategies of rural households in Ni...
This paper assesses the impact of hurricane Mitch on livelihood strategies of rural households in Ni...
This paper analyses coping strategies and consumption reactions of rural households in Nicaragua to ...
Risk has been presented as a cause of poverty persistence under imperfect insurance mechanisms. This...
A natural disaster can greatly reduce human capital accumulation by households, and decrease the pos...
This paper assesses the extent to which Hurricane Mitch affected the rural poor in Honduras and whet...
This thesis uses an income approach in analyzing the effect of climatic shocks on the poverty and vu...
While Nicaragua over the past decade has ranked among the poorest countries in Latin America in term...
Several studies on households and individuals coping with disasters have been made. The Philippines,...
When a natural disaster hits, the affected households try to cope with its impacts. A variety of cop...
"Droughts, hurricanes and other environmental shocks punctuate the lives of poor and vulnerable popu...
The main goal of this paper is to develop a methodology to quantitatively assess resilience to food ...
When a natural disaster hits, the affected households try to cope with its impacts. A variety of cop...
Background: In a post-war frontier area in north-western Nicaragua that was severely hit by Hurrican...
<p>Several studies on households and individuals coping with disasters have been made. The Phi...