Who Benefit from Cash and Food-for-Work Programs in Post-Earthquake Haiti?

Damien Échevin, Francesca Lamanna and Ana-Maria Oviedo

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Abstract: In this paper, a unique post-earthquake survey designed to provide a rapid assessment of food insecurity in Haiti is used in order to address the question of whether cash and food-for-work (C/FfW) programs are allocated adequately in Haiti. We consider that the allocation principle should meet two main criteria. First, C/FfW programs should be targeted towards people who are in the most necessitous circumstances (i.e., poor and food insecure people). Second, these programs should be targeted at the most vulnerable people on the labor market. Modelling the impact of various covariates on C/FfW programs participation, we find that these programs are not specifically targeted at people who are most in need, be it because of their low level of subsistence or because of earthquakerelated losses. Pre-earthquake participation to programs appears to be an important determinant of post-earthquake participation. What is more, cash-forwork is very rarely declared as the main source of household income. So, a more efficient targeting of these programs should focus on reaching the poorest and most vulnerable households in the directly affected areas. Crowding out effect of temporary jobs should also be assessed on the labor market.

Keywords: Cash and Food for Work; Targeting; Livelihood; Earthquake; Natural Disaster; Haiti (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H53 I38 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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