context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total … requirements. High-frequency data from three irrigation schemes in Mozambique reveal patterns consistent with inefficiency in …

governance reform in Pakistan's vast Indus Basin irrigation system. Using canal discharge measurements across all of Punjab …

Surface irrigation is a common pool resource characterized by asymmetric appropriation opportunities across upstream … allocation under an irrigation bureaucracy subject to corruption and rent-seeking. Data on the landholdings and political … influence of nearly a quarter million irrigators in Pakistan's vast Indus Basin watershed allow the construction of a novel …

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 …