variable models using longitudinal data from Andhra Pradesh, India, yield two key results: (i) drought has an adverse effect on … effects on child nutrition through a reduction of the ability of households to cope with drought. FE-2SLS results are … period reversed the adverse effects of drought in communities previously affected by the conflict. Potential mechanisms …

This article seeks to document some of the economic effects of the 2002-03 drought, presenting a summary of the major … then examines the agricultural outlook and prospects for recovery from drought. …

Coastal Zone of the Western Desert had to cope with a severe 15-year drought combined with major changes in link with tourism …

We explore vulnerability to drought in Morocco by analyzing household coping responses to a severe drought. We find … this pattern to motivate a model in which drought shocks induce the reallocation within communities of usufruct rights to …

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), has been proposed as a pan-Africa drought risk pool to insure against drought risk in …

The drought affecting Catalonia between 2007 and 2008 was the most severe of the last century and serves as a case … study for the assessment of the economic costs of such an event. The main focus is the drought affecting the so-called Ter ….5 million people). The 2007-2008 drought is a good illustrative case study due to its extreme severity and the availability of …

the fewest tools to deal with drought, floods, and disease when they occur. Breaking the link between risk and poverty by …

This paper considers the problem of a water management authority that is faced with the threat of a drought that will … restored, and iii) an economically optimal policy taking account of the probability of a drought and the fact that water is an … asset (a stock of natural capital). In particular, it is shown that the optimal pre-drought steady-state stock of water is …