Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan

The Sudanese economy has faced several shocks over the years, sometimes resulting in devastating impacts on the economy and the welfare of Sudanese households. The sources of these shocks vary, ranging from weather-related shocks such as droughts a...

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Main Authors:	Etang Ndip, Alvin, Touray, Sering
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	ECONOMIC SHOCK HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POVERTY RAINFALL COPING STRATEGY RESILIENCE VULNERABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/970701628490300157/Shocks-and-Household-Welfare-in-Sudan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36099

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spelling	okr-10986-360992021-08-12T05:10:35Z Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan Etang Ndip, Alvin Touray, Sering ECONOMIC SHOCK HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POVERTY RAINFALL COPING STRATEGY RESILIENCE VULNERABILITY The Sudanese economy has faced several shocks over the years, sometimes resulting in devastating impacts on the economy and the welfare of Sudanese households. The sources of these shocks vary, ranging from weather-related shocks such as droughts and floods to the global financial crisis and commodity price hikes. In the absence of effective social protection programs, exposure of households to frequent shocks lowers their ability to escape poverty, pushing households slightly above the poverty line back into poverty and sliding poor households deeper into poverty. This paper applies this framework to examine the impact of shocks on the welfare of Sudanese households and explore coping strategies typically utilized by households to mitigate the negative effects of shocks. The paper uses the 2009 National Baseline Household Survey (NBHS) and the 2014-15 National Household Budget and Poverty Survey (NHBPS) to document the main types of shocks that Sudanese households are exposed to and describe the profile of Sudanese households likely to be vulnerable and/or resilient to shocks. To complement this analysis, the paper uses the most recent round of the data collected in 2014/15 (containing information on idiosyncratic shocks) together with data on covariate shocks such as rainfall and conflict obtained from other sources to estimate the impact of shocks on household welfare. Since the impact of shocks on household welfare is likely to be multidimensional, various indicators of household welfare such as consumption, poverty status, assets, dietary quality, and diversity are considered in the paper. Results from the analysis are used to highlight the state of social protection in Sudan and discuss the need for an expansion of the existing system. 2021-08-11T14:59:16Z 2021-08-11T14:59:16Z 2019-10 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/970701628490300157/Shocks-and-Household-Welfare-in-Sudan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36099 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Sudan
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description	The Sudanese economy has faced several shocks over the years, sometimes resulting in devastating impacts on the economy and the welfare of Sudanese households. The sources of these shocks vary, ranging from weather-related shocks such as droughts and floods to the global financial crisis and commodity price hikes. In the absence of effective social protection programs, exposure of households to frequent shocks lowers their ability to escape poverty, pushing households slightly above the poverty line back into poverty and sliding poor households deeper into poverty. This paper applies this framework to examine the impact of shocks on the welfare of Sudanese households and explore coping strategies typically utilized by households to mitigate the negative effects of shocks. The paper uses the 2009 National Baseline Household Survey (NBHS) and the 2014-15 National Household Budget and Poverty Survey (NHBPS) to document the main types of shocks that Sudanese households are exposed to and describe the profile of Sudanese households likely to be vulnerable and/or resilient to shocks. To complement this analysis, the paper uses the most recent round of the data collected in 2014/15 (containing information on idiosyncratic shocks) together with data on covariate shocks such as rainfall and conflict obtained from other sources to estimate the impact of shocks on household welfare. Since the impact of shocks on household welfare is likely to be multidimensional, various indicators of household welfare such as consumption, poverty status, assets, dietary quality, and diversity are considered in the paper. Results from the analysis are used to highlight the state of social protection in Sudan and discuss the need for an expansion of the existing system.
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author	Etang Ndip, Alvin Touray, Sering
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title	Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan
title_short	Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan
title_full	Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan
title_fullStr	Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan
title_full_unstemmed	Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan
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publishDate	2021
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