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Cultivating change: exploring the link between certification, dietary quality and women’s empowerment among coffee farmers in Rwanda 培育变革：探索卢旺达咖啡农认证、饮食质量和妇女赋权之间的联系

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100757

Sophia Bohn , Meike Wollni , Bruno Paz

Sustainability standards promise not only to promote environmentally friendly production, but also to improve farmers’ livelihoods by linking them to high-value markets. While there has been extensive research on how sustainability standards affect farmers’ incomes, much less attention has been paid to whether sustainability standards can help improve smallholders’ diets. In addition, the role of women’s empowerment as a potential pathway through which sustainability standards may affect nutrition has remained largely unexplored. Using cross-sectional survey data from 711 coffee farmers in Rwanda (283 non-certified and 428 certified under Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, Organic, or Café Practice), we assess the impact of certification on dietary quality and the potential mediating role of women’s empowerment. Dietary quality is measured using the Dietary Quality Questionnaire (DQQ), a standardized tool implemented globally in more than 50 countries. Women’s empowerment is captured through an aggregated empowerment score reflecting production and related capacity building, access to and decision-making over productive resources, control over income, and time allocation. Using inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA), we find positive associations between certification and dietary quality outcomes. In addition, results of mediation analyses show that women’s empowerment mediates part of this relationship especially through women’s empowerment in agricultural production. Our findings suggest that enhancing women’s empowerment within certification schemes is not only an important goal in itself, but can also make a significant contribution to improving smallholders’ dietary quality outcomes.

可持续性标准不仅承诺促进环境友好型生产，还承诺通过将农民与高价值市场联系起来，改善他们的生计。虽然对可持续性标准如何影响农民收入进行了广泛的研究，但对可持续性标准是否有助于改善小农饮食的关注却少得多。此外，妇女赋权作为可持续性标准可能影响营养的潜在途径的作用在很大程度上仍未得到探索。利用来自卢旺达711名咖啡农的横断面调查数据（283名未经认证，428名通过雨林联盟、公平贸易、有机或咖啡实践认证），我们评估了认证对饮食质量的影响以及妇女赋权的潜在中介作用。膳食质量是通过膳食质量问卷（DQQ）来衡量的，这是一个在全球50多个国家实施的标准化工具。妇女赋权是通过综合赋权得分来衡量的，该得分反映了生产和相关能力建设、对生产资源的获取和决策、对收入的控制以及时间分配。使用逆概率加权回归调整（IPWRA），我们发现认证与饮食质量结果之间存在正相关。此外，中介分析结果表明，妇女赋权对这种关系起到了部分中介作用，特别是通过妇女在农业生产中的赋权。我们的研究结果表明，在认证计划中加强妇女赋权不仅本身是一个重要目标，而且可以为改善小农的饮食质量结果做出重大贡献。

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Role of cattle fattening in urban poverty reduction and livelihood improvement in Africa: Evidence from a Ghanaian city 养牛在非洲城市减贫和改善生计中的作用：来自加纳一个城市的证据

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2026.100758

Mohammed Awal Abubakari , Moses Naiim Fuseini , Ibrahim Abu Abdulai

Although interest in livestock production in and around West African cities has gained traction in recent years, the contribution of this widespread practice to poverty reduction has not been adequately researched. This study, therefore, responds to the limited literature on how cattle fattening in African cities contributes to poverty reduction, using empirical evidence from Wa in Ghana. A concurrent mixed-methods design was adopted, involving the use of questionnaires and key informant interview guides for data collection. Data obtained from 110 cattle holders and four purposively selected key informants were analysed using descriptive statistics, multiple regression, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and thematic analysis. The findings show that urban cattle fattening in urban areas generates employment, increases household income, and facilitates the accumulation of productive assets. However, high feeding costs, lack of vaccination services, neighbour complaints, theft, and housing constraints limit its full potential. The study recommends investment in veterinary services, affordable feeding options, community engagement mechanisms, and training and extension services to enhance productivity. Furthermore, urban livestock policies should recognize cattle fattening as a viable pathway for livelihood improvement and poverty alleviation.

尽管近年来人们对西非城市及其周边地区的畜牧生产越来越感兴趣，但这一广泛做法对减贫的贡献尚未得到充分研究。因此，本研究利用来自加纳Wa的经验证据，对有关非洲城市养牛如何有助于减贫的有限文献做出了回应。采用并行混合方法设计，包括使用问卷调查和关键信息提供者访谈指南进行数据收集。采用描述性统计、多元回归、Wilcoxon符号秩检验和专题分析对110名养牛户和4名有目的选择的关键举报人的数据进行分析。研究结果表明，城市地区的城市养牛创造了就业机会，增加了家庭收入，并促进了生产性资产的积累。然而，高昂的喂养费用、缺乏疫苗接种服务、邻居投诉、盗窃和住房限制限制了其充分发挥潜力。该研究建议投资于兽医服务、负担得起的喂养选择、社区参与机制以及培训和推广服务，以提高生产力。此外，城市畜牧业政策应承认养牛是改善生计和减轻贫困的可行途径。

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Neoliberalism, state intervention and the quest for public-private partnerships in Tanzanian Healthcare: A historical discourse analysis, 1960s–2020s 新自由主义，国家干预和寻求公私伙伴关系在坦桑尼亚医疗：一个历史话语分析，20世纪60年代至2020年代

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2026-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100756

Shakila Halifan Mteti, Chakupewa Joseph Mpambije

After gaining independence in 1961, Tanzania faced challenges in improving health services due to limited funds, a weak health system, and a growing population. To address this, public–private partnerships (PPPs) were introduced, converting many faith-based organisation (FBO) hospitals into district-designated hospitals (DDHs). Although this approach has been widely discussed, scholars remain uncertain if it has fully achieved its intended goals. Based on a historical analysis using qualitative data particularly oral and archival source from Iringa, Morogoro, Singida, Lindi, and Tanga regions of Tanzania, it is argued that the objectives of the PPP were moderately achieved. Data revealed that service users from Tosamaganga, St. Francis, Kilimatinde, St. Augustine, and St. Walburg’s DDHs, were contented with improved provision of healthcare. It was also revealed that the DDHs reduced the government’s financial burden, and the money saved was redirected to improve other important community services. The DDHs also strengthened their partnership with the government by renovating and improving health system infrastructure, while the government’s payments to staff helped reduce turnover. This arrangement minimized bureaucracy and boosted operational efficiency, which in turn increased community trust in the services offered. Given the socio-economic and political context that prevailed in Tanzania, it was necessary to introduce and implement PPP to ensure that healthcare provision continued for community survival. These findings emphasise the importance of enhancing PPPs include FBOs to improve healthcare infrastructure and service delivery in Tanzania. Policymakers and practitioners can use this information to develop more effective collaborative strategies that increase access to quality healthcare.

1961年获得独立后，由于资金有限、卫生系统薄弱和人口不断增长，坦桑尼亚在改善卫生服务方面面临挑战。为了解决这个问题，引入了公私伙伴关系（ppp），将许多基于信仰的组织（FBO）医院转变为地区指定医院（dhs）。虽然这种方法已经被广泛讨论，但学者们仍然不确定它是否完全达到了预期的目标。基于对坦桑尼亚伊林加、莫罗戈罗、辛吉达、林迪和坦噶地区口头和档案资料的定性数据的历史分析，本文认为PPP的目标已经适度实现。数据显示，来自托萨马甘加、圣弗朗西斯、基利马廷德、圣奥古斯丁和圣瓦尔堡的ddh的服务用户对医疗保健服务的改善感到满意。报告还显示，ddh减轻了政府的财政负担，节省下来的钱被用于改善其他重要的社区服务。dhs还通过翻新和改善卫生系统基础设施加强了与政府的伙伴关系，而政府对工作人员的支付也有助于减少人员流失率。这种安排减少了官僚作风，提高了运作效率，从而增加了社区对所提供服务的信任。鉴于坦桑尼亚普遍存在的社会经济和政治背景，有必要引入和实施公私合作伙伴关系，以确保继续为社区生存提供医疗保健服务。这些发现强调了加强公私伙伴关系的重要性，包括fbo，以改善坦桑尼亚的医疗基础设施和服务提供。决策者和从业人员可以利用这些信息制定更有效的合作战略，增加获得高质量医疗保健的机会。

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Money is the milk of tiger: domesticating patriarchy, microcredit, and the moral economy of women disempowerment in rural Bangladesh 金钱是老虎的奶：驯化父权制，小额信贷，以及孟加拉国农村妇女权力被剥夺的道德经济

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100755

Dyeoan Fatema Tuz Johura , Macario Lacbawan , Maherun Nahar Mumu , Tunvir Ahamed Shohel

This research explores how the distribution of money through microcredit, hailed as a critical empowerment tool but steeped in a gendered moral economy, inadvertently results in the dispossession of women in rural Bangladesh. Employing a qualitative approach, this study utilized in-depth interviews (IDIs) through snowball sampling, conducted between June 2022 and July 2022 among microcredit recipients in the rural locations of Chuadanga, Dumuria, and Batiaghata sub-districts of the Khulna division, Bangladesh. Using the lens of moral economy, this study illustrates how social norms and moralized views of money enable men to maintain their dominance over women by controlling microcredit loans. While microcredit serves as a financial lifeline for women, it also perpetuates dispossession by reinforcing patriarchal norms. We argue that this dispossession is largely unquestioned, as it is perceived as a hegemonic reality due to the prevailing moral understanding that money is an extension of men’s public domain and a tool for fulfilling their moral obligations as heads of their families. Although much scholarly work has examined microcredit in other parts of the country, few studies focus specifically on Microcredit Development Institutions (MDIs) and their role in further disenfranchising women beneficiaries in the Khulna division. This study contributes to the literature by laying the groundwork for future in-depth investigations into MDIs and their impact on gender disempowerment in the region.

本研究探讨了小额信贷的资金分配是如何在不经意间导致孟加拉国农村妇女被剥夺的。小额信贷被誉为一种重要的赋权工具，但却浸淫在性别道德经济中。本研究采用定性方法，通过滚雪球抽样，在2022年6月至2022年7月期间对孟加拉国库尔纳省Chuadanga、Dumuria和Batiaghata街道农村地区的小额信贷受贷者进行了深度访谈（IDIs）。运用道德经济学的视角，本研究说明了社会规范和道德的金钱观如何通过控制小额信贷使男性保持对女性的统治地位。虽然小额信贷是妇女的经济生命线，但它也通过强化父权规范使剥夺永久化。我们认为，这种剥夺在很大程度上是毋庸置疑的，因为它被认为是一种霸权现实，因为普遍的道德理解是，金钱是男人公共领域的延伸，是他们作为一家之主履行道德义务的工具。虽然许多学术工作审查了该国其他地区的小额信贷，但很少有研究专门关注小额信贷发展机构及其在进一步剥夺库尔纳省妇女受益者权利方面的作用。本研究通过为未来深入调查mdi及其对该地区性别赋权的影响奠定基础，为文献做出了贡献。

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Addressing child labor with layered interventions: a study of the PACE program’s impact on child’s schooling and work in Ethiopia 分层干预解决童工问题：关于PACE项目对埃塞俄比亚儿童就学和就业影响的研究

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100754

Cécile Fanton d’Andon , Laurent Lima , Catherine Pellenq , Pascal Bressoux

This study evaluates the impact of the Partnership Against Child Exploitation (PACE) program in Ethiopia, an initiative aimed at reducing child labor and increasing school attendance in vulnerable communities. The program identified a child in a family, at risk or involved in worst forms of child labor. The program’s design incorporated support to income generating activities and savings systems at the family level, educational assistance at the child level, and community awareness campaigns.

We study the effectiveness of the PACE program employing a randomized controlled trial design with a large sample size and minimal attrition, enabling to causally assess the program’s impact on both schooling and work-related outcomes. We use multi-level modeling to account for the three levels of intervention (family, child and community)

Our study finds that the PACE program significantly increased school attendance among rural children directly targeted by the intervention. However, the program did not impact school attendance in urban areas or among siblings and other children in rural communities.

Additionally, while the program did not reduce the likelihood of child labor or the number of hours children spent working per day, it reduced the incidence of work outside the household for all children in supported families.

本研究评估了埃塞俄比亚反儿童剥削伙伴关系（PACE）项目的影响，该项目旨在减少童工现象，提高弱势社区的入学率。该项目确定了家庭中处于危险或参与最恶劣形式童工劳动的儿童。该方案的设计包括对家庭创收活动和储蓄系统的支持，对儿童的教育援助，以及社区宣传活动。我们采用随机对照试验设计，采用大样本量和最小损耗来研究PACE项目的有效性，从而能够对该项目对学业和工作成果的影响进行因果评估。我们使用多层次模型来解释三个层面的干预（家庭、儿童和社区）。我们的研究发现，PACE项目显著提高了直接干预的农村儿童的入学率。然而，该计划并没有影响城市地区或农村社区兄弟姐妹和其他儿童的入学率。此外，虽然该计划没有减少童工的可能性或儿童每天工作的时间，但它减少了受支持家庭中所有儿童在家庭外工作的发生率。

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Institutional design and performance of land-based financing instruments: Evidence from local authorities in Ghana 土地融资工具的制度设计和绩效：来自加纳地方当局的证据

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100753

Samuel B. Biitir , Michael Poku-Boansi , John T. Bugri

Rapid urbanisation in Ghana has increased the demand for serviced land and infrastructure, yet Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) struggle to generate sufficient revenue. Land-based financing (LBF) instruments, such as property rates, developer obligations, and betterment charges, offer essential opportunities but are still underused. The study examined how institutional design and partisan politics influence the performance of LBF instruments in Ghana. Using 32 semi-structured interviews and policy document analysis across four MMDAs, the findings show that although the legal framework is promising in theory, actual implementation is hindered by election-year rate freezes, elite capture, outdated valuation rolls, and limited technical and enforcement capacity. While digitalisation and community participation offer opportunities for reform, their effects are uneven. The study contributes to existing knowledge by demonstrating how institutional design, when influenced by partisan politics, can transform potentially effective revenue tools into fragile practices, thereby enriching debates on fiscal federalism and the political economy of decentralisation.

加纳的快速城市化增加了对服务型土地和基础设施的需求，但大都会、市政和地区议会（mmda）难以产生足够的收入。土地融资（LBF）工具，如房地产利率、开发商义务和改善费用，提供了重要的机会，但仍未得到充分利用。该研究考察了制度设计和党派政治如何影响加纳LBF工具的表现。通过对四个地区的32次半结构化访谈和政策文件分析，研究结果表明，尽管法律框架在理论上是有希望的，但实际实施受到选举年利率冻结、精英捕获、过时的估值记录以及有限的技术和执行能力的阻碍。虽然数字化和社区参与为改革提供了机会，但它们的效果是不平衡的。该研究通过展示制度设计在受到党派政治影响时如何将潜在有效的收入工具转变为脆弱的做法，从而丰富了关于财政联邦制和权力下放的政治经济学的辩论，为现有知识做出了贡献。

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Assets and livelihood strategies of agricultural households on the East India Plateau 东印度高原农户资产与生计策略

IF 2.3 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100751

Adam M. Komarek , Arundhita Bhanjdeo , Murray Unkovich , Ritesh Pandey , Ashok Kumar , Girish Pradhan , Amulya Khandai , William D. Bellotti

The effective scaling out of livelihood improvement activities is crucial for agricultural development, yet achieving sustainable change at scale remains elusive in low-income countries. The objective of our study was to analyse the livelihoods of 1,001 agricultural households in three rural districts on the East India Plateau to inform the scaling out of livelihood strategies developed during previous participatory action research. Our descriptive analysis of cross-sectional data from a primary household survey in the year 2012–2013 examined the heterogeneity in livelihood assets (natural, human, social, physical, and financial capital) and household activities. We focused on two projects. In the same rural districts, the first project included a participatory action research process, and the second project collected data on agricultural household livelihoods. We showed large inter- and intra-district heterogeneity in assets, livelihood strategies, and women’s empowerment. Our study suggests that households with different assets tend to pursue different livelihood activities, such as intensifying and diversifying crop production using land and water resources documented in earlier participatory action research. These insights could inform the scaling out of livelihood improvement strategies that support stepping up. While stepping up offered potential pathways to improvements in livelihoods, these strategies had trade-offs, including increased exposure to weather variability. Our findings suggest that formative assessments of assets and livelihoods can help tailor participatory action research to specific communities.

有效扩大生计改善活动的规模对农业发展至关重要，但在低收入国家，实现大规模的可持续变革仍然难以实现。本研究的目的是分析东印度高原三个农村地区1001户农户的生计，为之前参与式行动研究期间制定的生计策略提供信息。我们对2012-2013年一次主要住户调查的横截面数据进行了描述性分析，考察了生计资产（自然、人力、社会、物质和金融资本）和家庭活动的异质性。我们专注于两个项目。在同一农村地区，第一个项目包括参与性行动研究进程，第二个项目收集农户生计数据。我们发现，在资产、生计策略和妇女赋权方面，地区间和地区内存在很大的异质性。我们的研究表明，拥有不同资产的家庭倾向于从事不同的生计活动，例如利用早期参与式行动研究中记录的土地和水资源来加强和多样化作物生产。这些见解可以为扩大支持加强的生计改善战略提供信息。虽然加紧行动提供了改善生计的潜在途径，但这些战略也有权衡，包括增加对天气变化的暴露。我们的研究结果表明，对资产和生计的形成性评估有助于为特定社区量身定制参与性行动研究。

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Climate change and labor mobility: A longitudinal study of agricultural households in Indonesia 气候变化与劳动力流动：印尼农户的纵向研究

IF 2.3 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100750

Hastuti , Teguh Dartanto , Alin Halimatussadiah , Amzul Rifin

Climate change presents a significant challenge to the agricultural sector. It disrupts farming processes and reduces productivity, increasing uncertainty for farming households and driving them to seek alternative livelihoods. This research undertakes an examination of the impact of climate change, proxied by variation of rainfall and temperature, on labor mobility in Indonesia using longitudinal data from three successive rounds of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS). Labor mobility refers to sectoral shifts, where a household head changes employment sectors, regardless of relocation. We employ an instrumental variable approach to ensure robust estimation by accounting for potential endogeneity of climate variables, using altitude and latitude as instruments. Our findings indicate that variation of rainfall and temperature affects labor mobility in Indonesia’s agricultural households. Specifically, a one percent increase in the coefficient of variation for rainfall and temperature significantly increases the probability of labor mobility by approximately 0.47 and 1.38 percentage point, respectively. We further demonstrate that the effect operates primarily through changes in farm production costs that influence labor mobility, especially under varying rainfall. The heterogeneity analysis indicates that impact of rainfall and temperature variability are more pronounced among farmers in Java, particularly those with higher education and smaller landholdings. Finally, this study highlights the causal link between climate change and labor mobility, emphasizing that improving agricultural efficiency is crucial to mitigating its adverse impacts. Building a cost-efficient and climate-resilient agricultural system requires combining precision agriculture, human capital development, and institutional coordination to enhance resilience and reduce labor mobility in agriculture.

气候变化对农业部门提出了重大挑战。它扰乱了农业生产过程，降低了生产力，增加了农户的不确定性，迫使他们寻求替代生计。本研究利用连续三轮印度尼西亚家庭生活调查（IFLS）的纵向数据，考察了以降雨和温度变化为代表的气候变化对印度尼西亚劳动力流动的影响。劳动力流动指的是行业转移，即户主无论搬迁与否，都会改变就业部门。我们采用工具变量方法，以高度和纬度作为工具，通过考虑气候变量的潜在内生性来确保稳健估计。我们的研究结果表明，降雨量和温度的变化会影响印尼农户的劳动力流动。具体来说，降雨和温度变化系数每增加1%，劳动力流动的可能性就会分别显著增加约0.47和1.38个百分点。我们进一步证明，这种效应主要是通过影响劳动力流动性的农业生产成本的变化来实现的，尤其是在降雨变化的情况下。异质性分析表明，降雨和温度变化对爪哇农民的影响更为明显，特别是那些受过高等教育和土地拥有量较小的农民。最后，本研究强调了气候变化与劳动力流动之间的因果关系，强调提高农业效率对减轻其不利影响至关重要。建设具有成本效益和气候适应能力的农业系统需要将精准农业、人力资本开发和制度协调结合起来，以增强农业抵御能力并减少劳动力流动。

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Corrigendum to “The push and pull of rural-to-rural migration: Insights from Northwest Benin World Development Perspectives”. [40 (2025) 100730] “农村向农村移徙的推动和拉动：来自贝宁西北部世界发展视角的见解”的勘误表。[40 (2025) 100730]

IF 2.3 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100741

Solomon Geleta , David Natcher , Mohamed Nasser Baco , Derek Peak

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Developing community resilience index for flood (CRIF): evidence from extreme flood-prone Jamalpur district of Bangladesh 制定社区抗洪能力指数（CRIF）：来自孟加拉国极端易发洪水的Jamalpur地区的证据

IF 2.3 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100752

Raihan Riaz , Saima Ikbal Safi , Zereen Saba , Imrul Kabir

Floods pose a serious threat to human life, property, homes, agriculture, and other vital infrastructure. Recently, there has been a growing emphasis on resilience rather than vulnerability. Therefore, this study initially proposed an approach to develop a Community Resilience Index for Floods (CRIF). Resilience indicators were identified through a literature review and field surveys, and data were collected via a questionnaire administered to 333 purposively selected households in two flood-prone zones of Islampur upazila, Jamalpur district. All variables were weighted on a percentage scale from 0 to 1. The CRIF was created using primary data from a household survey, with percentage scores derived from household responses, and the average % score of experts’ opinions was then used to calculate the Resilience Factor Index (RFI) for each variable. The study found that the overall composite community resilience score indicates moderately high resilience in the Islampur Union across four dimensions. At the same time, all aspects were found to be unsatisfactory in the Noarpara Union. It also revealed that, among 17 resilience variables identified by respondents, lower age dependency, lower disability, employment status, income above the poverty line, housing proximity to riverside, pucca road network, knowledge, and early warning systems ranked highest in Islampur Union. Based on these findings, the study recommends improving the community’s socio-economic, physical, and institutional conditions by raising community awareness, strengthening structural and non-structural mitigation plans, and providing multiple income-generating activities to boost resilience to future floods. Consequently, the study’s findings, along with the identified community flood resilience indicators and CRIF framework, will help academics, policymakers, and planners assess resilience levels, enable better resource allocation and intervention prioritization, and support the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030).

洪水对人类生命、财产、家园、农业和其他重要基础设施构成严重威胁。最近，人们越来越重视复原力，而不是脆弱性。因此，本研究初步提出了建立社区抗洪能力指数（CRIF）的方法。通过文献综述和实地调查确定了恢复力指标，并通过问卷调查收集了数据，这些问卷调查是有目的地选择了位于贾马普尔县Islampur upazila两个洪水易发地区的333户家庭。所有变量按0到1的百分比进行加权。CRIF是使用家庭调查的原始数据创建的，百分比得分来自家庭回答，然后使用专家意见的平均百分比得分来计算每个变量的弹性因子指数（RFI）。研究发现，总体综合社区弹性得分表明，伊斯兰堡联盟在四个维度上具有中等高的弹性。与此同时，人们发现诺阿帕拉联盟的各个方面都不令人满意。调查还显示，在受访者确定的17个弹性变量中，年龄依赖性较低、残疾程度较低、就业状况、收入高于贫困线、靠近河边的住房、普卡路网、知识和预警系统在伊斯兰堡联盟排名最高。基于这些发现，该研究建议通过提高社区意识、加强结构性和非结构性减灾计划以及提供多种创收活动来提高对未来洪水的抵御能力，从而改善社区的社会经济、物质和制度条件。因此，该研究的结果以及确定的社区抗灾能力指标和CRIF框架将有助于学者、政策制定者和规划者评估抗灾能力水平，实现更好的资源分配和干预优先级，并支持《仙台减少灾害风险框架（2015-2030）》的目标。

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