Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan

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Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan

dc.contributor.author	Touray, Sering
dc.contributor.author	Etang Ndip, Alvin
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-11T14:59:16Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-11T14:59:16Z
dc.date.issued	2019-10
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/970701628490300157/Shocks-and-Household-Welfare-in-Sudan
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/36099
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/36099
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SHOCK
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	COPING STRATEGY
dc.subject	RESILIENCE
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.title	Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan	en
dc.type	Policy Note	en
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okr.crossref.title	Shocks and Household Welfare in Sudan
okr.date.disclosure	2021-08-09
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T11:49:13.134190Z
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Policy Note
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/970701628490300157/Shocks-and-Household-Welfare-in-Sudan
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/970701628490300157/pdf/Shocks-and-Household-Welfare-in-Sudan.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.administrative	Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.country	Sudan
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topic	Environment::Natural Disasters
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unit	EFI-AFR1-POV-Poverty and Equity (EAEPV)
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