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Shocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominate

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dc.contributor.authorHeltberg, Rasmus
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:34:45Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:34:45Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractReporting the results of a novel survey of shocks, coping, outcomes, and safety nets in Pakistan, we find high incidence and cost of shocks borne by households, with health and other idiosyncratic shocks dominating in frequency, costliness, and adversity. Sample households lack effective coping options and use mostly self-insurance and informal credit. Many shocks result in food insecurity, informal debts, child and bonded labour, and recovery is slow. Private and public social safety nets exist but offer little effective protection. Public action is needed to better control public health hazards and provide non-exploitative credit and more effective safety nets.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Development Studies
dc.identifier.issn00220388
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5830
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectAnalysis of Health Care Markets I110
dc.subjectGeneral Welfare I310
dc.subjectWelfare and Poverty: Government Programs
dc.subjectProvision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Agriculture
dc.subjectNatural Resources
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectOther Primary Products O130
dc.titleShocks, Coping, and Outcomes for Pakistan's Poor: Health Risks Predominateen
dc.title.alternativeJournal of Development Studiesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum871
okr.journal.nbpages889-910
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220380902802214
okr.volume45
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