With the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events due to climate change, assessing the potential long-term effects of these events for affected households is critically important. This study analyzes to what extent a one-off extreme weather event can have persistent effects...

Households in developing countries are exposed to increasingly extreme weather events that could endanger their prosperity. This study examines the impact of the unusually cold, snowy winter of 2009/2010 on the livestock of Mongolian households. Livestock represents on average more than 90...

This paper investigates the role of food self-provisioning for the intake of macro- and micronutrients of households in Mongolia. Our analysis is based on rich household survey data that collected food consumption through consumption diaries. We analyze nutritional outcomes within and across the...

Households in developing countries are exposed to increasingly extreme weather events that could endanger their prosperity. This study examines the impact of the unusually cold, snowy winter of 2009/2010 on the livestock of Mongolian households. Livestock represents on average more than 90...

With the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events due to climate change, assessing the potential long-term effects of these events for affected households is critically important. This study analyzes to what extent a one-off extreme weather event can have persistent effects...

Jahrzehntelang haben Unter- und Mangelernährung auf der globalen entwicklungspolitischen Agenda wenig Beachtung erfahren. Oft waren nur extreme Hungersnöte in den Schlagzeilen zu finden. Dies hat sich mit der Verabschiedung der Millennium Entwicklungsziele im Jahr 2000 geändert: Gleich das...

Jahrzehntelang haben Unter- und Mangelernährung auf der globalen entwicklungspolitischen Agenda wenig Beachtung erfahren. Oft waren nur extreme Hungersnöte in den Schlagzeilen zu finden. Dies hat sich mit der Verabschiedung der Millennium Entwicklungsziele im Jahr 2000 geändert: Gleich das...

Haushalte in Entwicklungsländern sind zunehmend extremen Wetterereignissen ausgesetzt, die ihren Wohlstand gefährden können. Dieser Bericht untersucht die Folgen des ungewöhnlich kalten und schneereichen Winters von 2009/2010 auf den Viehbestand mongolischer Haushalte. Der Viehbestand macht...

Mobile money is an innovation that allows financial transactions to be performed via a cell phone. Even in poor regions of Africa, almost everyone has a cell phone; therefore, mobile money could both contribute to the continent's economic growth and ensure that no Africans are excluded from...