Assessing Satisfaction levels of the Earthquake Beneficiaries with the Post-disaster Private Housing Reconstruction Programme: Evidence from Nepal

Bhusal, Namita Poudel; Bhattarai, Keshab

Abstract

Following the 2015 earthquake, Nepal embarked on an ambitious post-disaster housing reconstruction programme, constructing approximately 700,000 houses through the owner-driven private housing reconstruction (ODR) approach. This programme is considered as the largest owner-driven initiative globally. Inclusive policies in as the Socio-Technical Assistance programmes along with ODR approach was targeted to meet the unique needs of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals who were disproportionately affected by disaster and encountered significant obstacles during the recovery process. The primary objective of this mixed method study is to conduct a critical analysis of the satisfaction of the ODR-Socio-Technical Assistance for private housing reconstruction support program after eight years, for which a set of parameters were identified. Data were collected through a 304-questionnaire survey, interviews, and field observation. Detailed analysis of survey data was done through IBM SPSS 27. The findings from the survey and interviews revealed that the satisfaction level of ODR-Socio-technical assistance (ODR-STA) led reconstruction efforts were equally distributed, consistent and unbiassed among the beneficiaries based on socioeconomic indicators such as age, gender, ethnicity, religion, education, and vulnerability. In summary, only 2% respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the reconstruction programme. STA component is evidenced to have been tailored to the needs of vulnerable beneficiaries for the reconstruction and recovery endeavours.

Citation

Bhusal, N. P., & Bhattarai, K. (2023). Assessing Satisfaction levels of the Earthquake Beneficiaries with the Post-disaster Private Housing Reconstruction Programme: Evidence from Nepal. Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 4(2), 277-308. https://doi.org/10.47509/jdef.2023.v04i02.01

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 10, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Dec 1, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2023
• Deposit Date: Dec 4, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 6, 2023
• Journal: Journal of Development Economics and Finance
• Publisher: ARF India
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 277-308
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.47509/jdef.2023.v04i02.01
• Keywords: Gorkha earthquake 2015; Owner-driven reconstruction; Private housing reconstruction; Satisfaction; Vulnerable earthquake beneficiaries
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