Drawing on a unique panel sample of households residing in three resettlement areas of rural Zimbabwe, the authors analyse the impact of farmer contact with agricultural extension services of farm productivity. They exploit two features of the data: the data's longitudinal nature and explicit...

In this paper we review the evidence on the impact of large shocks, such as drought, on child and adult health, with particular emphasis on Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. Our focus is on the impact of shocks on long-term outcomes, and we ask whether there are intrahousehold differences in these effects....