Coping Strategies in Post-War Rural Mozambique

DIW Discussion Papers No. 384

36 Pages Posted: 6 Aug 2012

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Tilman Brück

IGZ - Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops; ISDC - International Security and Development Center; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: November 1, 2003

Abstract

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 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 consider exiting markets entirely. Post-war reconstruction policy should focus on re-capitalizing households, providing public goods and establishing markets.

Keywords: war, houshold welfare, coping strategies, reconstruction, farm housholds, Sub-Sahran Africa

Suggested Citation

Brück, Tilman, Coping Strategies in Post-War Rural Mozambique (November 1, 2003). DIW Discussion Papers No. 384, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2124929 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2124929

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