Climate shocks and poverty persistence
Investigating consequences and coping strategies in Niger, Tanzania, and Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12306015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vidya Diwakar (0000-0002-8120-3832, Overseas Development Institute London UK, corresponding author), Antoine Lacroix (Overseas Development Institute London UK) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 552-570 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sustainable Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-0802 • E-ISSN: 1099-1719 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/sd.2200 |
| OpenAlex | W3154720034 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 25 |
This study investigates key correlates of poverty persistence and the consequences and coping strategies of climate‐induced shocks and stressors in Niger, Tanzania, and Uganda. It relies on household panel data merged with data on subnational disasters across the three countries and employs multiple measures to capture disaster prevalence of droughts, floods, and epidemics, recorded variably at the household and subnational levels. Multivariate regression analysis uncovers that environment shocks prolong poverty through direct biophysical impacts but also indirectly through various negative consequences and distress coping mechanisms in which vulnerable households engage. These include reduced food consumption and food insecurity and reduced asset values. While subnationally there are positive undercurrents, through relief aid and other forms of support that could help protect or replace assets, at the micro‐level, the results suggest that many households may survive through migration and local remittances to complement household welfare. Ensuring a supportive financial environment for poor households in these contexts, alongside risk‐informed policy and programming, would help alleviate key stressors that keep households persistently under the poverty line in contexts of climate‐induced shocks and stressors
Agriculture · Consumption (sociology · Coping (psychology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Food security · Geography · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Stressor · Tanzania · Vulnerability (computing · Welfare · Agricultural risk and resilience · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |