New MRR research from Nepal finds that pandemic-related shocks for rural households coincided with the government-imposed national lockdown and that women who took part in a livelihood-building program before the pandemic were more resilient by being in a stronger financial position.
This report summarizes the impacts of a 2014-2018 RCT in Nepal in partnership with Heifer International to test the impacts of a livestock transfer and training program seeking to help the rural poor, particularly women,
achieve a stable, independent and growing income.
A resilience-based approach to social protection that includes insurance is the only sustainable way to manage poverty in the long-term. However, even this approach will fail if worst-case climate change scenarios come to pass.
A new study from rural Nepal shows that when people have higher aspirations, up to a point, they tend to make greater investments toward a better future. However, when aspirations are too high compared to one's current status, those investments are most likely to fall.
Women who participated in the SLVC livestock transfer program experienced greater financial inclusion and empowerment compared to women who did not participate.
In the wake of the earthquake, Heifer Nepal deployed a 3-fold response: immediate relief, livestock-related relief, and implementation of a revolving fund that established interest free loans to affected Heifer beneficiaries.
