Background Cash transfers, payments provided by formal or informal institutions to
recipients, are increasingly used in emergencies. While increasing autonomy and being …

In the face of increasing climate volatility and stretched aid budgets, more effective ways to
support households in times of crisis are needed. This paper examines the welfare impact of …

This paper investigates the impacts of droughts on food expenditure and macronutrient
consumption among rural Indian households. To isolate causal effects, I exploit random year …

The last few years have seen an explosion of economic research on the consequences of
natural disasters. This new interest is attributable first and foremost to a growing awareness …

With a meta-regression analysis of the existing literature on the impacts of disasters on
households, we observe several general patterns. Incomes are clearly impacted adversely …

Cash transfers are a widely used policy instrument in Sub-Saharan Africa to shield
vulnerable populations from malnutrition. In this paper, we focus on the role of local food …

Climate change is likely to increase the risk of drought which impacts on health are not quite
known well due to its creeping nature. This study maps the publications on the …

This paper provides a new explanation for ethnic disparities in education and health in
Vietnam by studying the relationship between frequent, small-scale adverse rainfall shocks …

We study the role of a multifaceted ultra-poor graduation program in protecting household
wellbeing and women's welfare from the effects of localized droughts in Ethiopia. We use …

Mounting costs of anthropogenic climate change reveal that adaptation will be essential to
human well-being in coming decades. At the same time, the literature on the economics of …