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The impact of drought on sub-saharan African economies

1998; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1596/0-8213-4180-4

0253-7494

Charlotte Benson, Edward Clay,

Water resources management and optimization

No AccessWorld Bank Technical Papers12 Aug 2013The impact of drought on sub-saharan African economiesA preliminary examinationAuthors/Editors: Charlotte Benson and Edward ClayCharlotte Benson and Edward Clayhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-4180-4SectionsAboutPDF (0.6 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This paper arose out of interest in the broader implications of droughts in African countries and in particular, the droughts of Southern Africa in the mid-1990s. Although the physical aspects and agricultural impacts of drought and government and donor response as well as household coping and survival strategies in the event of drought have been well studied, little research has occurred on either its nonagricultural or economy-wide macroeconomic impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper has developed a new framework to understand the wider economic impacts of drought and explain why some economies are more susceptible to drought than others. Findings include the following: (a) Drought shocks have large but highly differentiated economy-wide impacts; (b) Counterintuitively, relatively more developed economies in Africa may be more vulnerable to drought shocks; (c) Different regions of Africa are experiencing different long-term climatic trends; (d) Structural adjustment programs can also provide a framework the broader economy-wide impacts may be more effectively contained; and (e) There has been typically little sustained interest in drought mitigation measures except in terms of improving food security. 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