Are Cash for Work (CFW) Programs Effective to Promote Disaster Recovery? Evidence from the Case of Fukushima Prefecture

Shingo Nagamatsu

doi:10.20965/jdr.2014.p0161

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doi: 10.20965/jdr.2014.p0161

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Are Cash for Work (CFW) Programs Effective to Promote Disaster Recovery? Evidence from the Case of Fukushima Prefecture

Shingo Nagamatsu

Faculty of Safety Science, Kansai University, 7-1 Hakubaicho, Takatsukishi, Osaka 569-1098, Japan

Received:

December 6, 2013

Accepted:

February 18, 2014

Published:

March 1, 2014

Keywords:

disaster resilience, recovery, livelihood, job generation, Cash for Work

Abstract

This paper aims to evaluate CFW programs as a disaster recovery policy tool in terms of the psychological aspects, using the questionnaire survey data of 897 participants in Fukushima Prefecture. The main findings are as follows: those who “want to contribute to the reconstruction of Fukushima,” “to newly acquire experience or skills” and “have access to trainer or instructor” significantly felt being “connected” and thought “positively” to the future. Interestingly, evacuees as a group generally had positive views for the future. The primary conclusion is that CFW has been successfully targeted to a vulnerable group, and has a psychologically positive impact on the participants, and especially on the evacuees.

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S. Nagamatsu, “Are Cash for Work (CFW) Programs Effective to Promote Disaster Recovery? Evidence from the Case of Fukushima Prefecture,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.9 No.2, pp. 161-175, 2014.

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[1] [1] Mercy Corps., “Guide to Cash-for-Work Programming,” 2007.

[2] [2] UNDP, “Haiti: One Year Later,” United Nation Development Programme, 2010.

[3] [3] P. Harvey, “Cash-based responses in emergencies,” HPG Report 24, Overseas Development Institute, 2007.

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[8] [8] JILPT, “Case studies for considering job recovery from Great East Japan Earthquake: Unsen-Fugendake eruption, Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake, Noto peninsula Earthquake and Chuetsu-oki Earthquake,” The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training, No.106 (in Japanese).

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http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/document/job-creation [accessed Feb. 22, 2014]

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[12] [12] CFW-Japan, “A questionnaire survey on the participants of Kizuna Project in Fukushima,” Cash for Work Japan, 2013 (in Japanese),
http://www.cfwjapan.com/reportinfo/detail/id=15 [accessed Feb. 22, 2014]

[13] [13] K. Sato, K. Narita, and F. Tamba, “Psychological Wellness of Evacuees from Futaba Residents following Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Hope for Recovery Program,” Journal of Social Safety Science, No.18, pp. 189-198.