Understanding the magnitude and importance of income shocks, such as drought or conflict, in causing and perpetuating …. This paper uses micro-data from two waves of the Somali High Frequency Survey to assess the impact of the severe drought … quantify the effects of the drought, relying on spatial variation in drought exposure and the timing of data collection, which …

vulnerability to poverty using the example of drought hazard impacts on the welfare of rural households in Ethiopia. The aim is to … expenditure/consumption outcomes, onto a forward-looking view of drought risk. The paper outlines the CAT risk modeling framework … construction. Results for a regression model are presented, estimating ex-post drought impacts on consumption for heterogeneous …

early warning framework and its use that could facilitate greater timeliness of drought response. The paper argues that … enable early action during the onset of a drought …

-day and future flood and drought hazard maps. The paper defines and calculates a ?poverty exposure bias? and finds support …

voters reward the incumbent presidential party for delivering drought relief compensation. The paper finds that receiving …

based on randomized assignment, and analyze how impacts vary by exposure to exogenous drought shocks. The results show that … both complementary interventions provide full protection against drought shocks two years after the end of the intervention …

impact of drought-related national maize production shortfalls. The instrument is an index-based weather derivative contract … designed to transfer the financial risk of severe and catastrophic national drought that adversely impacts the government … and therefore production throughout the country. The index picks up the well documented historical drought events in 2005 …