This study exploits a shift in Spring precipitation patterns in the Horn of Africa following the 1998 El Niño to …

in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using climate and infant health data from a grid of approximately 4,000 cells in 34 African …

There is a large empirical literature trying to quantify the potentially adverse affects of climate change on the risk … risk between 2003-17. Using disaggregated data to account for local dynamics, the reduced-form estimation shows that … in conflict risk. Changes in precipitation have no discernible effect. The results are robust to changing the benchmark …