Forecast Based Anticipatory Action Impact Evaluation 2022-2023
Nepal, 2022 - 2023
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NPL_2022_FBAAIE_v01_M
Forecast Based Anticipatory Action Impact Evaluation 2022-2023
FBAAIE 2022
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Nepal | NPL |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
World Food Program – with funding from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (UN CERF) and coordination support by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has implement anticipatory action (cash transfers) to address severe monsoon flooding in the Kailali and Bardiya districts of Nepal in 2022. WFP's Office of Evaluation has conducted an impact evaluation of these transfers with technical support from World Bank's Development Impact Group (DIME). This documentation includes the data collected from 3 rounds of in-person interviews with program beneficiaries.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Household
Version
2025-10-01
The datasets include sampling, randomization results and secondary flood analysis files that are needed to replicate the figures and tables in the working paper.
Scope
The study covers the following main topics:
- Food Security
- Coping Strategies
- Psychological Wellbeing
- Agriculture
- Migration
- Food expenditures
Coverage
Flood prone households in Karnali and Bardiya districts of Nepal
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Paul Christian | World Bank |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Felipe Dunsch | WFP | Principal Investigator |
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| World Food Program | WFP | Implementer |
Sampling
The list of potential beneficiaries was provided by WFP's Nepal country office. Out of which villages sized 15-70 households were selected. There are 138 total villages in the sample, with 70 control and 68 treatment villages. The average number of households randomly sampled per village is 17.
We originally had 140 villages in the study, but two villages had to be dropped due to enumerator travel safety concerns.
The response rates were as follows: 88% for Round 1, 91% for Round 2, and 93% for Round 3.
Survey instrument
SurveyCTO forms from each round are included in the submission.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-04 | 2022-11-13 | Round 1 |
| 2023-01-10 | 2023-01-27 | Round 2 |
| 2023-05-29 | 2023-06-14 | Round 3 |
- Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
DIME has conducted high frequency data quality checks in all 3 rounds.
All 3 rounds conducted using SurveyCTO and in-person interviews.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Christian | World Bank | pchristian@worldbank.org |
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Christian | World Bank | pchristian@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_NPL_2022_FBAAIE_v01_M
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank Group | Documentation of the study |
2025-10-08T04:00:00.000Z
Metadata version
Version 01 (October 2025)