Konferenzbeitrag
Coping Strategies in Post-War Rural Mozambique
This paper analyses post-war coping strategies by farm households in developing countries. The analysis is based on a portfolio model of activity choices in war-affected rural Sub-Saharan Africa. A case study using farm household survey data estimates the determinants of agricultural coping strategies in post-war Mozambique. Post-war coping strategies are expected to differ from pre- and mid-crisis coping strategies. War-affected households are forced to adopt very risky coping strategies that re-enforce their vulnerability. Households choose between market and non-market forms of exchange and even exit markets entirely. Post-war reconstruction policy should focus on re-capitalizing households and providing public goods.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Kiel 2005 ; No. 7
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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agriculture
households
rural development
war
Mozambique
Africa
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Brück, Tilman
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer
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Hannover
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2005
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Konferenzbeitrag
Beteiligte
- Brück, Tilman
- Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer
Entstanden
- 2005