Effects of Humanitarian Conflict on Livelihoods in Khyber Agency

Abstract

Rebuilding livelihoods and economic recovery of the effected population after conflict and disaster are major challenges. Such effected population needs special attention from international and national donors as well as from the Government. The present study was concerned with effects of humanitarian conflict on people livelihoods in Bara, Khyber Agency ex-FATA KPK. The main aims of the study were to investigate the impact of humanitarian conflict on the livelihoods of the inhabitants of subdivision Bara, Khyber Agency and also to gained effective suggestions which may improve sustainable livelihoods of the affected population. A total of 150 respondents were interviewed and the information was recorded using well-structured questionnaire. The statistical methods used in this study were frequency distributions, bar diagram and chi-square test of association. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 and Microsoft Excel 2007 were used for carrying out the desired analysis.