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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 106517 |
| Journal | Ecological economics |
| Volume | 169 |
| Early online date | 9 Dec 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2020 |
Abstract
Health shocks are common and have serious consequences for the rural poor in developing countries. In this study, we examine the impact of health shocks of household members on the household's vulnerability to poverty. We also analyze the role of natural resource extraction in dealing with health shocks to smooth household consumption. We use a panel dataset of 550 households in 30 rural villages in Cambodia collected from two survey waves in 2013 and 2014. Our findings reveal that there is a significant association between health shocks and vulnerability to poverty and that the extraction of natural resources is important in consumption smoothing when rural households are faced with health shocks. We suggest that while maintaining natural resource stocks, there is a need to reduce pressures on such resources by developing irrigation systems and non-farm employment sectors.
Keywords
- Cambodia, Environmental income, Health shock, Livelihood, Poverty
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
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In: Ecological economics, Vol. 169, 106517, 03.2020.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Health shocks and natural resource extraction: A Cambodian case study
AU - Nguyen, Trung Thanh
AU - Do, Truong Lam
AU - Halkos, George
AU - Wilson, Clevo
N1 - Funding information: We thank farmers in Stung Treng for their support and cooperation. We are grateful for the support of the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) and our colleagues at the Leibniz University Hannover for data collection. The comments and suggestions of three anonymous reviewers are greatly acknowledged.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Health shocks are common and have serious consequences for the rural poor in developing countries. In this study, we examine the impact of health shocks of household members on the household's vulnerability to poverty. We also analyze the role of natural resource extraction in dealing with health shocks to smooth household consumption. We use a panel dataset of 550 households in 30 rural villages in Cambodia collected from two survey waves in 2013 and 2014. Our findings reveal that there is a significant association between health shocks and vulnerability to poverty and that the extraction of natural resources is important in consumption smoothing when rural households are faced with health shocks. We suggest that while maintaining natural resource stocks, there is a need to reduce pressures on such resources by developing irrigation systems and non-farm employment sectors.
AB - Health shocks are common and have serious consequences for the rural poor in developing countries. In this study, we examine the impact of health shocks of household members on the household's vulnerability to poverty. We also analyze the role of natural resource extraction in dealing with health shocks to smooth household consumption. We use a panel dataset of 550 households in 30 rural villages in Cambodia collected from two survey waves in 2013 and 2014. Our findings reveal that there is a significant association between health shocks and vulnerability to poverty and that the extraction of natural resources is important in consumption smoothing when rural households are faced with health shocks. We suggest that while maintaining natural resource stocks, there is a need to reduce pressures on such resources by developing irrigation systems and non-farm employment sectors.
KW - Cambodia
KW - Environmental income
KW - Health shock
KW - Livelihood
KW - Poverty
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DO - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106517
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JO - Ecological economics
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