Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake

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dc.creatorEchevin, Damien
dc.date2012-03-19T18:05:38Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:05:38Z
dc.date2011-10-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:01:56Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper, a unique post-earthquake survey designed to provide a rapid assessment of food insecurity in Haiti is used in order to see how adequately emergency assistance programs have been allocated. When modelling the impact of various covariates upon assistance allocation, the location of households emerges as the main criterion. This helps to explain why, five months after the quake, government and agencies still seemed unable to provide an efficient allocation of emergency assistance. What is more, those who benefited less from assistance appeared to be on the one hand families headed by women and on the other hand households with disabled members: this obviously runs counter to an "optimal" targeting that would make the most vulnerable ones eligible for assistance in priority. Furthermore, the fact that associations may favour assistance allocation is an interesting result that should be considered further. It is also found that asset losses had no significant impact on the food consumption score, whereas household pre-earthquake wealth did. This result demonstrates that the impact of the shock has been buffered when households had previously enforced coping strategies, regardless of the effects of emergency assistance programs.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3617
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5851
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414455
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5851
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectACCESS TO FOOD
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE PRODUCTION
dc.subjectASSET LOSSES
dc.subjectBASIC FOODSTUFFS
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDS
dc.subjectBREAST-FEEDING
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.subjectCASH-FOR-WORK
dc.subjectCASUALTIES
dc.subjectCHRONIC POVERTY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION THRESHOLD
dc.subjectCOOKING
dc.subjectCOPING STRATEGY
dc.subjectDAMAGES
dc.subjectDECLARATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDISASTER RELIEF
dc.subjectDISASTER SITUATIONS
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectDISPLACED PERSONS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectDROUGHTS
dc.subjectEARTHQUAKE
dc.subjectELDERLY
dc.subjectELDERLY PEOPLE
dc.subjectEMERGENCY AID
dc.subjectEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectEMERGENCY RELIEF
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subjectEPIDEMIC
dc.subjectFLOOD
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectFOOD AID
dc.subjectFOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD FOR WORK
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD-FOR-WORK
dc.subjectHOMELESS POPULATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD NUMBER
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
dc.subjectHUMANITARIAN AID
dc.subjectHURRICANE
dc.subjectHURRICANES
dc.subjectILLNESS
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLIGHTING
dc.subjectLIVING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectLOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectMASS MEDIA
dc.subjectMASS MEDIA COVERAGE
dc.subjectMEDICINE
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNATIONAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTER
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF ADULTS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subjectNUMBER OF PERSONS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF WORKERS
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOOR REGIONS
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSELF-ESTEEM
dc.subjectSHEEP
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSURVIVAL STRATEGIES
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectTENT
dc.subjectTERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectTV
dc.subjectUNIONS
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY
dc.subjectVULNERABLE PEOPLE
dc.subjectVULNERABLE SEGMENTS
dc.subjectWFP
dc.subjectWORLD FOOD PROGRAM
dc.titleLivelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake

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