Political instability and undernourishment: Nepal's decade-long insurgency

被引:2
作者
Poudel, Dixit [1 ]
Gopinath, Munisamy [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Agr & Appl Econ, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[2] Univ Georgia, 312 Conner Hall, Athens, GA 30602 USA
来源
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT | 2024年 / 40卷
关键词
Maoist insurgency; Two -level logistic regression; LASSO; Undernourishment; Instrumental variable; Nepal; FOOD INSECURITY; ECONOMIC SHOCKS; CIVIL CONFLICT; AGRICULTURE; SECURITY; EXPERIENCE; DIVERSITY; RAINFALL;
D O I
10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100741
中图分类号
TS2 [食品工业];
学科分类号
0832 ;
摘要
This study examines the impact of political instability - Nepal's decade-long Maoist insurgency - on undernourishment using data from the Nepal Living Standard Survey before (1995), during (2003) and after the insurgency (2011), and Uppsala Conflict Data Program (1996-2009). A two-level (household and community) random-intercept logistic model of the probability of undernourishment is estimated using LASSO and instrumenting for insurgency. Traditional household and community characteristics have expected and statistically significant effects on the undernourishment status. The average effect of insurgency on the probability of undernourishment is 27 and 15 percent during 2003 and 2011, respectively, but substantial heterogeneity is observed with implications for institutional quality and stability.
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