This paper investigates the effects of multiple weather shocks on household welfare in Mozambique, as well as some of … various weather risks. Experiencing a cyclone, flood, or drought leads to a drop of up to 25-30 percent in per capita food … protection in the aftermath of the shock at the cost of lower income growth in the future. In disentangling the channels, the …

To what degree can vulnerability to extreme weather events be mitigated by access to a rural livelihoods program …

payments from weather index insurance allow farmers to cultivate a larger land area in the season following a weather shock …Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in … developing countries. Weather index insurance has emerged as a possible tool for overcoming these challenges. This paper provides …

targeting of disaster risk management policies toward those most impacted and thus whose needs are greatest …

Mozambique is among the African countries most exposed to weather-related hazards. Using detailed gridded precipitation … weather shocks that occur early in life. Individuals exposed to floods while in utero or during the first year of life are … weather shocks …

Natural disasters could constitute a major shock to public finances and debt sustainability because of their impact on …

Many ex ante measures taken to reduce disaster risk can deliver co-benefits that are not dependent on disasters … to the main objective of disaster risk management of avoiding disaster losses, but identifying and measuring additional … co-benefits can enhance the attractiveness of disaster risk management investments. Co-benefits are often economic, such …

Climate change will exacerbate the challenges associated with environmental conditions, especially weather variability … development prospects of affected regions. As such, climate change reinforces the development case for investment in disaster risk … complicates disaster risk management investment decisions, the analysis presented here shows that these considerations are only …