| Title: | Poverty, disasters and remittances: do remittances and past disasters influence households’ resilience? |
| Authors: | Tebkieta Alexandra Tapsoba |
| Publisher: | Clermont-Ferrand : Centre d'études et de recherches sur le développement international (Cerdi), 2017 |
| Series: | Études et Documents Cerdi, ISSN 2114-7957, num. 08 |
| Size: | 37 p. |
| Languages: | English |
| Descriptors: |
[Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > national accounts > income > distribution of income > poverty [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > deterioration of the environment > degradation of the environment > natural disaster [Eurovoc] GEOGRAPHY > economic geography > WAEMU countries > Burkina Faso [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > demography and population > composition of the population > household |
| Tags: | resilience ; poverty ; remittances ; natural disasters ; Burkina Faso. |
| Abstract: |
Using a multi-topic household panel survey conducted in Burkina Faso by the “Institut national de la statistique et de la démographie” (INSD), in 2014, this paper assesses the impact of remittances on poverty in Burkina Faso. To do so, a poverty index is computed using household’s housing characteristics.
Propensity score matching method is used as an empirical strategy, and results show that remittances have a negative impact on poverty. Another important result is that remittances have a higher impact on the resilience of households, when they have experienced disasters in the past. Therefore, when it comes to natural disasters, these inflows act as an important tool for populations to be more resilient. |
| Axe de recherche : | Trajectoires de développement durable |
| Link for e-copy: | https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01512716 |
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