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Coping or Hoping?: Livelihood Diversification and Food Insecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorFurbush, Ann M.
dc.contributor.authorJosephson, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKilic, Talip
dc.contributor.authorMichler, Jeffrey D.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-07T22:51:50Z
dc.date.available2025-01-07T22:51:50Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impact of livelihood diversification on food insecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis uses household panel data from Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria in which the first round was collected immediately prior to the pandemic and extends through multiple rounds of monthly data collection during the pandemic. Using this pre- and post-outbreak data, and guided by a pre-analysis plan, the paper estimates the causal effect of livelihood diversification on food insecurity. The results do not support the hypothesis that livelihood diversification boosts household resilience. Although income diversification may serve as an effective coping mechanism for small-scale shocks, the findings show that for a disaster on the scale of the pandemic, this strategy is not effective. Policy makers looking to prepare for the increased occurrence of large-scale disasters will need to grapple with the fact that coping strategies that gave people hope in the past may fail them as they try to cope with the future.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099830101072519538/IDU1b45f8bf4104061493a18b9e12cfbee039761
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11014
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-11014
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42631
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 11014
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCOVID-19 PANDEMIC
dc.subjectCOPING STRATEGIES
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectPRE-ANALYSIS PLAN
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.titleCoping or Hoping?: Livelihood Diversification and Food Insecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemicen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2025-01-07
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T11:54:55.438060Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-01-07T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099830101072519538/IDU1b45f8bf4104061493a18b9e12cfbee039761
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11014
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okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Globalization and Financial Integration
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness
okr.topicAgriculture::Agriculture & Farming Systems
okr.unitLiving Standards Measurement (DECLS)
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