Distributing Disaster Aid within the Village--Kinship, Mutual Help, and Hierarchy--

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  • 途上国における災害援助物資の村内分配--血族社会の相互扶助と階層--
  • トジョウコク ニ オケル サイガイ エンジョ ブッシ ノ ソンナイ ブンパイ ケツゾク シャカイ ノ ソウゴ フジョ ト カイソウ

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Distributing natural disaster aid within villages in developing countries strongly relies on village institution and governance. This paper examines mutual help and hierarchy as self-distribution mechanisms. Using original household survey data gathered in rural Fiji, the paper compares relief/early recovery phases (food aid) and recovery/reconstruction phase (housing construction materials). When aid is distributed as part of informal risk sharing, the validity of targeting performance, but not weak performance, is a primary issue. Social hierarchy leads to elite domination in aid distribution. The paper shows how kinship-based risk sharing and hierarchy interact with each other in distributing disaster aid.

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  • 経済研究

    経済研究 62 (2), 141-152, 2011-04-25

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