Weather index insurance is considered a promising international climate policy instrument that can help households … the consequences of extreme weather events. This report is one of the first to evaluate the impact of a globally … context. Two years after the disaster, their herds were almost a third larger than those of uninsured households. In many …

emergence and severity of actual violence through the effect on food availability, captured by rice crops per capita. The link … planting season", i.e. December, determines an increase in violence fuelled by the reduction in future rice production per …

We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the … significantly slowed the growth trajectory of exposed children from herding households. This negative effect is still observable … and mitigation channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. Wealthier households and households led by a more …

settings play in the early detection and reporting of domestic violence against school-age children. … differential effects between school-age children and older individuals. While financial and mental distress due to the COVID-19 …

and children spent at home. We use real-time, novel mobile phone movement data and quick-release administrative data on … more poverty. We also find that more time at home is positively related to educational neglect referrals among children in … areas with high poverty and higher referral rates. Our results highlight how children and families are faring during the …

We study the effects of violence towards children on early childhood development. We contribute to the literature … providing estimates of the effects of violence (verbal and/or physical) that control for child-mother unobserved characteristics …. We find that violence has negative effects on verbal skills (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) and socio …

We study the effects of violence towards children on early childhood development. We contribute to the literature … providing estimates of the effects of violence (verbal and/or physical) that control for child-mother unobserved characteristics …. We find that violence has negative effects on verbal skills (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) and socio …