This paper considers the problem of a water management authority faced with the threat of a drought that hits at an … drought and relying on automatic adjustments through a zero marginal social net benefit condition, iii) an economically … optimal dynamic policy taking account of the threat of a drought. In particular, we show that the optimal pre-drought steady …

This first World Bank report on drought in Angola aims to provide a practical approach and actionable measures to … support the government of Angola in its paradigm shift toward drought and climate resilience. To provide a clear picture of … likely to intensify with global warming. This study finds four main causes of drought vulnerability in the South. These are …

Illustrating how mentalities govern private responses to risk, this article highlights the importance of mental frames … in the selection of adaptation pathways. Scholarship emanating out of the Cape Town drought (2015–2018) has drawn … attention to the effect of the drought on public mentalities and their response to the drought, transitional governance …

This paper proposes a new Economic Drought Management Index (EDMI) that could assist water managers to inter … various scenarios of climate change, and for a 8-year real period, which includes three consecutive drought years. Results … show that the region's vulnerability to drought could be reduced following the interpretation of the EDMIs. EDMIs under …

This first World Bank report on drought in Angola aims to provide a practical approach and actionable measures to … support the government of Angola in its paradigm shift toward drought and climate resilience. To provide a clear picture of … likely to intensify with global warming. This study finds four main causes of drought vulnerability in the South. These are …