Vulnerability to poverty in Malawi is highly associated with risk. Households face multiple shocks, most of which … drought, which is exacerbated by environmental change. This study analyzes the impact of drought on household’s vulnerability … using a two-period panel dataset of 259 rural households in Malawi. In the framework of vulnerability as expected poverty …

The poverty problem is chronic in the Horn of Africa. Majority of the people in the region are suffering from this … problem. There are numerous factors that cause poverty in the region. The challenge of poverty reduction in the Horn should … therefore address the poverty reduction issues at national, provincial and local levels. A brief survey of literature has been …

of poverty. This study examines the pathways by the Dokur villagers of Andhra Pradesh in India to survive and improve … livelihoods in the face of a decade of persistent drought. The study is based on quantitative and qualitative data collected by …

In using survey data for money metric analysis of poverty and well-being, it is customary to adjust either the data or … the poverty line for spatial prices differentials where data exist to make such adjustment. In developing countries where … sometimes lead to very wrong conclusions about the spatial distribution of poverty. This may have severe consequences for policy …

Dumka to track the changes in rural poverty in eastern states of India. The data pertains to these two representative … detailed investigation in project entitled “Tracking Change in Rural Poverty in Households and Village Economies in South Asia … important role in poverty reduction intervention and will provide safety mesh for income shocks. It will assist in reducing …

The study is based on data collected under the project entitled “Tracking change in rural poverty in household and …

case, the lack of the water. During 1949 and 1955, studies were carried out concerning the damages produced by drought and …

implications of drought-induced livestock and crop production shortfalls in various regions of Ethiopia, world price increases and …

This paper considers the problem of a water management authority that is faced with the threat of a drought that will … restored, and iii) an economically optimal policy taking account of the probability of a drought and the fact that water is an … asset (a stock of natural capital). In particular, it is shown that the optimal pre-drought steady-state stock of water is …