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Seasonal Hunger and Public Policies : Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorMahmud, Wahiduddin
dc.contributor.authorKhandker, Shahidur R.
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-02T17:13:20Z
dc.date.available2012-07-02T17:13:20Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractSeasonal hunger induced by agricultural seasonality is often a characteristic feature of rural poverty. The evidence of seasonal distress in many agrarian societies can be found in the narratives of economic historians. With agricultural diversification made possible through technological breakthroughs in many parts of the developing world, the severity of seasonal stress and adversities has been reduced considerably, if not altogether eliminated. In certain agricultural settings, however, the seasonality of poverty and hunger, along with the associated seasonal shortfalls in income and consumption, is still a policy quagmire. The problem gets more complicated when agricultural seasonality is locked into a cycle of endemic poverty, seasonal hunger, and risk of further impoverishment. Poverty and seasonality may also reinforce each other through various other forces that create and sustain both. The thrust of policy needs to be to break this interlocking cycle of poverty and seasonality. The book has nine chapters. Chapter two looks at the key conceptual issues and presents a global perspective on the challenge of addressing seasonal hunger. Chapter three brings Bangladesh's reality to the fore regarding seasonal poverty and food insecurity and the vulnerability of the northwest region. Chapter four analyzes the vulnerability of households to seasonal hunger, their coping strategies, and the extent to which income seasonality affects seasonal poverty and food deprivation. Chapter five reports some findings for both the Rangpur region and the country as a whole regarding the effects of policies and programs on poverty and food deprivation. The findings reported in the next three chapters are mainly related to the Rangpur region only. Chapter six examines the issue of seasonal migration in the context of mitigating seasonal deprivation. In chapter seven, the impact of the social safety-net programs is tested, whereas the effectiveness of microfinance is assessed in chapter eight. The concluding chapter, chapter nine, looks at the policy implications while also pointing to some emerging challenges.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16406357/seasonal-hunger-public-policies-evidence-northwest-bangladesh
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-9553-0
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-9553-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9373
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDirections in Development; Poverty
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCESS TO FOOD
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABORERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAID AGENCIES
dc.subjectARID TROPICS
dc.subjectBENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectBUFFER STOCKS
dc.subjectCALORIE INTAKE
dc.subjectCASSAVA
dc.subjectCEREALS
dc.subjectCHILD MALNUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectCHRONIC POVERTY
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subjectCOPING MECHANISMS
dc.subjectCOPING STRATEGY
dc.subjectCREDIT MARKET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectCREDIT MARKETS
dc.subjectCROP DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectCROP TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCROP VARIETIES
dc.subjectCROP YIELDS
dc.subjectCROPPING PATTERNS
dc.subjectCURE FOR POVERTY
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR FOOD
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GENERATION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFAMINE
dc.subjectFAMINES
dc.subjectFARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFARMING SYSTEMS
dc.subjectFATS
dc.subjectFEEDING PROGRAMS
dc.subjectFOOD ACCESS
dc.subjectFOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD CRISIS
dc.subjectFOOD CROPS
dc.subjectFOOD DEMAND
dc.subjectFOOD DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectFOOD ENTITLEMENT
dc.subjectFOOD ENTITLEMENT FAILURE
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFOOD FOR WORK
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD INTAKE
dc.subjectFOOD MARKETS
dc.subjectFOOD NEEDS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE INFLATION
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE STABILIZATION
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD STOCKS
dc.subjectFOOD STORAGE
dc.subjectFOOD SUPPLIES
dc.subjectFOOD SUPPLY
dc.subjectFRUITS
dc.subjectGLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectGLOBAL HUNGER
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectGRAIN MARKETS
dc.subjectGRAIN PRICES
dc.subjectGRAIN PRODUCTION
dc.subjectGRAINS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HARDSHIP
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectHUNGER
dc.subjectIFPRI
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME POVERTY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERFAMILY TRANSFERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectLACK OF INFORMATION
dc.subjectLANDHOLDINGS
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD CHOICES
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectMAJOR FOOD CROPS
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMEAL
dc.subjectMICROCREDIT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
dc.subjectMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY
dc.subjectMULTIPLE CROPPING
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR FARMERS
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRICE STABILIZATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION SUPPORT
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
dc.subjectRAINY SEASON
dc.subjectREDUCING HUNGER
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISPARITY
dc.subjectRICE CULTIVATION
dc.subjectRICE PRODUCTION
dc.subjectRISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectROOT CROPS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectRURAL ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectRURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectRURAL FINANCE
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL INCOMES
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL SETTINGS
dc.subjectRURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSEASONAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSMALL FARMERS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMING
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSTARVATION
dc.subjectSTORAGE FACILITIES
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE FARMERS
dc.subjectSUFFICIENT FOOD
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTUBERS
dc.subjectULTRA POOR
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectVULNERABLE AREAS
dc.subjectVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectVULNERABLE REGIONS
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATORS
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.titleSeasonal Hunger and Public Policies : Evidence from Northwest Bangladeshen
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okr.date.disclosure2012-06-20
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okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-9553-0
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicFood and Beverage Industry
okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicIndustry
okr.unitDECRG: Agriculture & Rural Devt. (DECAR)
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