Household-Level Recovery after Floods in a Tribal and Conflict-Ridden Society

Takashi Kurosaki and 卓 黒崎

No 2015-5, CEI Working Paper Series from Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: Based on a panel survey conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, this study analyzes the extent to which households recovered from damage due to floods that hit the country in 2010. With regard to the initial recovery of productive assets, households that experienced heavier damage to their assets had recovered to a lesser extent. After one year, recovery had continued, but traditional leaders and those whose houses were damaged by the floods experienced a deceleration in the recovery speed. The recovery of productive assets was affected by concerns for house reconstruction, reflecting the tribal value of preserving honor in conflict-ridden situations.

Keywords: natural disaster; recovery; house reconstruction; tribal codes; Asia; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 D91 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2015-07
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