# **Table of Contents**

|1.|Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1|
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|2.|Background ....................................................................................................................................... 3|
|3.|Data ................................................................................................................................................... 4|
|4.|Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 7|
|5.|Results ............................................................................................................................................. 12|
|6.|Conclusions ..................................................................................................................................... 19|
|Ref|erences: ............................................................................................................................................. 21|
|Ma|ps ....................................................................................................................................................... 23|
|Ann|ex Tables ........................................................................................................................................... 28|

# **List of Tables**

|Table 1: Member, household, and Upazila level variables with descriptive statistics ................................. 5|
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|Table 2: Occupational focus and flood and local rainfall variability, summary results .............................. 13|
|Table 3: Interaction between flood or local rainfall variability and policy action variables. ...................... 15|
|Table 4: Effects of flood and local rainfall variability on consumption welfare ......................................... 17|
|Table 5: Effects of occupational focus on household welfare in non-flood prone Upazilas ...................... 18|
|Table 6: Effects of local rainfall variability and policy action variables on consumption welfare .............. 19|
|Table A1: List of safety net programs in Bangladesh .................................................................................. 30|
|Table A2: Occupational focus and flood and local rainfall variability (CRU based) for full sample ............ 31|
|Table A3: Occupational focus and flood and local rainfall variability (Station based) for full sample ....... 32|
|Table A4: Occupational focus and flood and local rainfall variability for non-flood prone Upazilas ......... 33|
|Table A5: Occupational focus and flood and local rainfall variability for flood prone Upazilas ................. 34|
|Table A6: Interaction between flood prone Upazilas and policy action variables ..................................... 35|
|Table A7: Local rainfall variability interactions with policy action variables in non flood prone Upazilas . 37|
|Table A8: Effects of flood and local rainfall variability risks on consumption welfare ............................... 41|
|Table A9: Occupational focus and consumption IV estimations in non-flood Upazilas ............................. 43|

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