Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake

In 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 covaria...

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Main Author:	Echevin, Damien
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ASSET LOSSES BASIC FOODSTUFFS BASIC NEEDS BREAST-FEEDING BULLETIN CARIBBEAN REGION CASH-FOR-WORK CASUALTIES CHRONIC POVERTY CONSUMPTION THRESHOLD COOKING COPING STRATEGY DAMAGES DECLARATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER SITUATIONS DISEASES DISPLACED PERSONS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DIVERSIFICATION DRINKING WATER DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMERGENCY AID EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF EMPLOYMENT STATUS EPIDEMIC FLOOD FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD-FOR-WORK HOMELESS POPULATION HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID HURRICANE HURRICANES ILLNESS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IRRIGATION LABOR MARKET LIGHTING LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MASS MEDIA COVERAGE MEDICINE MORTALITY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF PERSONS NUMBER OF WORKERS NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR REGIONS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SIZE PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS RADIO REFUGEES REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-ESTEEM SHEEP SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBSISTENCE SURVIVAL STRATEGIES TELEVISION TENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TV UNIONS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE SEGMENTS WFP WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
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spelling	okr-10986-36172021-04-23T14:02:11Z Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake Echevin, Damien ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ASSET LOSSES BASIC FOODSTUFFS BASIC NEEDS BREAST-FEEDING BULLETIN CARIBBEAN REGION CASH-FOR-WORK CASUALTIES CHRONIC POVERTY CONSUMPTION THRESHOLD COOKING COPING STRATEGY DAMAGES DECLARATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER SITUATIONS DISEASES DISPLACED PERSONS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DIVERSIFICATION DRINKING WATER DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMERGENCY AID EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF EMPLOYMENT STATUS EPIDEMIC FLOOD FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD-FOR-WORK HOMELESS POPULATION HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID HURRICANE HURRICANES ILLNESS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IRRIGATION LABOR MARKET LIGHTING LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MASS MEDIA COVERAGE MEDICINE MORTALITY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF PERSONS NUMBER OF WORKERS NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR REGIONS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SIZE PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS RADIO REFUGEES REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-ESTEEM SHEEP SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBSISTENCE SURVIVAL STRATEGIES TELEVISION TENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TV UNIONS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE SEGMENTS WFP WORLD FOOD PROGRAM In 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. 2012-03-19T18:05:38Z 2012-03-19T18:05:38Z 2011-10-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111021091429 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3617 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5851 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean America Haiti
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topic	ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ASSET LOSSES BASIC FOODSTUFFS BASIC NEEDS BREAST-FEEDING BULLETIN CARIBBEAN REGION CASH-FOR-WORK CASUALTIES CHRONIC POVERTY CONSUMPTION THRESHOLD COOKING COPING STRATEGY DAMAGES DECLARATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER SITUATIONS DISEASES DISPLACED PERSONS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DIVERSIFICATION DRINKING WATER DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMERGENCY AID EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF EMPLOYMENT STATUS EPIDEMIC FLOOD FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD-FOR-WORK HOMELESS POPULATION HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID HURRICANE HURRICANES ILLNESS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IRRIGATION LABOR MARKET LIGHTING LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MASS MEDIA COVERAGE MEDICINE MORTALITY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF PERSONS NUMBER OF WORKERS NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR REGIONS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SIZE PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS RADIO REFUGEES REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-ESTEEM SHEEP SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBSISTENCE SURVIVAL STRATEGIES TELEVISION TENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TV UNIONS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE SEGMENTS WFP WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ASSET LOSSES BASIC FOODSTUFFS BASIC NEEDS BREAST-FEEDING BULLETIN CARIBBEAN REGION CASH-FOR-WORK CASUALTIES CHRONIC POVERTY CONSUMPTION THRESHOLD COOKING COPING STRATEGY DAMAGES DECLARATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER SITUATIONS DISEASES DISPLACED PERSONS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DIVERSIFICATION DRINKING WATER DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMERGENCY AID EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF EMPLOYMENT STATUS EPIDEMIC FLOOD FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD-FOR-WORK HOMELESS POPULATION HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID HURRICANE HURRICANES ILLNESS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IRRIGATION LABOR MARKET LIGHTING LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MASS MEDIA COVERAGE MEDICINE MORTALITY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF PERSONS NUMBER OF WORKERS NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR REGIONS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SIZE PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS RADIO REFUGEES REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-ESTEEM SHEEP SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBSISTENCE SURVIVAL STRATEGIES TELEVISION TENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TV UNIONS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE SEGMENTS WFP WORLD FOOD PROGRAM Echevin, Damien Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean America Haiti
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5851
description	In 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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Echevin, Damien
author_facet	Echevin, Damien
author_sort	Echevin, Damien
title	Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake
title_short	Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake
title_full	Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake
title_fullStr	Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake
title_full_unstemmed	Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake
title_sort	livelihoods and the allocation of emergency assistance after the haiti earthquake
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111021091429 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3617
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Livelihoods and the Allocation of Emergency Assistance after the Haiti Earthquake

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