This policy note provides an assessment of some of the impacts and proposed policy responses to problems related to the drought, including the rise in food prices. To address immediate needs, the humanitarian response to the drought is being managed by the Government of Kenya and a number of...

As the world begins to feel the effects of climate change, the frequency of droughts is increasing in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, the drought and food crisis affect welfare through two main channels. The first channel is the increased mortality of livestock in drought-affected areas, which are...

Somalia, a country of ten million people in the eastern Horn of Africa, has lately been in the world media as a source of bad news: anarchy, conflict, terrorism in its land, piracy at its coast, and a famine that killed thousands of people and displaced thousands more creating the world’s...