Expertise, Labour, and Mobility in Nepal's Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Law, Construction, and Finance as Domains of Social Transformation

Shneiderman, Sara; Hirslund, Dan V.; Baniya, Jeevan; Billon, Philippe Le; Limbu, Bina; Pandey, Bishnu; Rankin, Katharine N.; Rawal, Nabin; Subedi, Prakash Chandra; Suji, Manoj; Thapa, Deepak; Warner, Cameron David

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“…The Central Bureau of Statistics began a four-month damage assessment in November 2015 to identify households to sign Partnership Agreements (PAs) to receive reconstruction grants (J. . 3 The NRA coordinated the assessment at the national level, and funds were distributed by local banks (IRM Project, 2016;Shneiderman et al, 2021). Government officials and government-deployed engineers remained important actors in relation to the flow of information.…”

Section: The 2015 Gorkha Earthquakementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some residents also experienced delays or issues owing to multi- family households and land disputes. However, many reported not knowing where and how to air grievances (Shneiderman et al, 2021). And while some communities were able to draw on local resources like community forests and work cooperatives to rebuild their homes, many households hired local contractors and navigated the purchasing of materials on their own (Hickey and Zanzuchi, 2019;Gautam and Cortés, 2021).…”

Section: The 2015 Gorkha Earthquakementioning

confidence: 99%

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Is male out‐migration associated with women's participation in post‐disaster rebuilding? Evidence from Nepal after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake

Scogin

2023

Disasters

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How does male out‐migration impact women's experience of post‐disaster reconstruction? This paper employs survey data collected by Nepal's Housing Recovery Reconstruction Platform in 2018 to establish robust associations between male out‐migration and three indicators of women's participation in rebuilding their private houses after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake: (i) knowing where to consult for information; (ii) visiting a local government official by oneself; and (iii) signing a rebuilding agreement with the local government. Twenty‐six semi‐structured interviews conducted in 2022 further revealed that women whose husbands were abroad undertook roles that they would not have performed had their spouse been present, including in relation to management and decision‐making. However, the interviews also highlighted challenges that women had to overcome, such as a lack of knowledge of procuring materials and difficulties leading the process as a woman. This study advances the literature by establishing a relationship between male out‐migration and variation in women's post‐earthquake rebuilding experiences.

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Section: The 2015 Gorkha Earthquakementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The 2015 Gorkha Earthquakementioning

confidence: 99%