The relationships among the weather, agricultural markets, and financial markets have long been of interest to economic … historians, but relatively little empirical work has been done. We push this literature forward by using modern drought indexes … relationship between these indexes and sensitive indicators of financial stress. The drought indexes were devised by climate …

with access to sanitation and hygiene. Finally, both direct and indirect risks associated with flood and drought on health …We measure to cost of extreme weather events (droughts and floods) on health care in Sri Lanka. We find that frequently …