University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Resilience in the midst of a pandemic: A study of a livelihoods program in rural Nepal
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected the vulnerable rural poor through direct shocks to health and disruptions to rural livelihoods. We use household level panel data from Nepal to examine the coping strategies used in the first 18 months of the pandemic, with focus on the four months of government mandated national lockdown. Households were more likely to turn to coping strategies during the national lockdown, most frequently taking on a loan, selling livestock or using savings. Previous randomized implementation of a Heifer International productive asset transfer and training program allows us to examine the long term effect of these types of programs on resilience. Program beneficiaries are more likely to sell livestock and less likely to take on loans during the national lockdown than non-beneficiaries. As beneficiaries are more likely to have any and more savings than non-beneficiaries, the program participation moves households towards sustainable and less onerous coping strategies.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.S.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Agricultural & Applied Econ
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2022
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Ekstrom, Kierstin
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Janzen, Sarah
- Michelson, Hope
- Winter-Nelson, Alex
Subjects
dc:subject × 26Rights
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- Copyright 2022 Kierstin Ekstrom
- Language dc:language
- en, eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/2142/115424