Between 2014 and 2016 unprecedented and consecutive climatic shocks ravaged Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. The largest ever emergency relief operation in the country’s history ensued...
Climate change and food security are two of the most pressing challenges facing the global community today. Improving smallholder agricultural systems is a key response to both. In short,climate change...
As extreme weather events intensify due to climate change, it becomes ever more critical to understand how vulnerable households are to these events and the mechanisms households can rely on to minimize...
It has long been recognized that household decision-making may not result in outcomes consistent with the unitary household model. Within the collective bargaining framework, consumption decisions would...
Considerations of risk and vulnerability are key to understanding the dynamics of poverty in rural Malawi. This study measures vulnerability to consumption shortfalls and analyzes its sources using a two-period...
Considerations of risk and vulnerability are key to understanding the dynamics of poverty in rural Malawi. This study measures vulnerability to consumption shortfalls and analyzes its sources using a two-period...
Across the developing world, public goods exert significant impacts on the local rural economy in general and agricultural productivity and welfare outcomes in particular. Economic and social-cultural...
This Inequality in Focus newsletter includes the following headings: The state of opportunities in South Africa: inequality among children and in the labor market; Climate change and inequality: what can...
This Inequality in Focus newsletter includes the following headings: The state of opportunities in South Africa: inequality among children and in the labor market; Climate change and inequality: what can...
This Inequality in Focus newsletter includes the following headings: The state of opportunities in South Africa: inequality among children and in the labor market; Climate change and inequality: what can...