Calm After the Storm? The Impact of the 2015 Malawi Flood on Agricultural Productivity
(2018) EKHS42 20181Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Currently, more than one billion people in the world is exposed to flooding and approximately 10 percent of them suffer its consequences every year. With the onset of climate change, the frequency of these events is likely to increase, and especially in Asia and Africa, where many of the global poor are located. One of the reasons why this is likely to present a challenge for poverty reduction is the fact that the poor rely on the agricultural sector, which is the most affected by flooding. This paper analyses the effect of the 2015 Malawi flood, the largest recorded in the history of the country, on agricultural productivity. For this purpose, the study uses Malawi’s Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS), a longitudinal dataset... (More)
- Currently, more than one billion people in the world is exposed to flooding and approximately 10 percent of them suffer its consequences every year. With the onset of climate change, the frequency of these events is likely to increase, and especially in Asia and Africa, where many of the global poor are located. One of the reasons why this is likely to present a challenge for poverty reduction is the fact that the poor rely on the agricultural sector, which is the most affected by flooding. This paper analyses the effect of the 2015 Malawi flood, the largest recorded in the history of the country, on agricultural productivity. For this purpose, the study uses Malawi’s Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS), a longitudinal dataset covering the years 2010, 2013, and 2016, in combination with geographical data on flood extent to produce difference-in-differences and fixed-effect estimates of the impact of the flood. While average productivity decreased throughout the Southern region, our results show that households affected by the flood experienced an additional 38 percent drop in productivity compared to non-affected households. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- Currently, more than one billion people in the world is exposed to flooding and approximately 10 percent of them suffer its consequences every year. With the onset of climate change, the frequency of these events is likely to increase, and especially in Asia and Africa, where many of the global poor are located. One of the reasons why this is likely to present a challenge for poverty reduction is the fact that the poor rely on the agricultural sector, which is the most affected by flooding. This paper analyses the effect of the 2015 Malawi flood, the largest recorded in the history of the country, on agricultural productivity. For this purpose, the study uses Malawi’s Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS), a longitudinal dataset... (More)
- Currently, more than one billion people in the world is exposed to flooding and approximately 10 percent of them suffer its consequences every year. With the onset of climate change, the frequency of these events is likely to increase, and especially in Asia and Africa, where many of the global poor are located. One of the reasons why this is likely to present a challenge for poverty reduction is the fact that the poor rely on the agricultural sector, which is the most affected by flooding. This paper analyses the effect of the 2015 Malawi flood, the largest recorded in the history of the country, on agricultural productivity. For this purpose, the study uses Malawi’s Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS), a longitudinal dataset covering the years 2010, 2013, and 2016, in combination with geographical data on flood extent to produce difference-in-differences and fixed-effect estimates of the impact of the flood. While average productivity decreased throughout the Southern region, our results show that households affected by the flood experienced an additional 38 percent drop in productivity compared to non-affected households. (Less)
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- Delgado Carbajo, Javier LU
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- EKHS42 20181
- year
- 2018
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- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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- English
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@misc{8951962,
abstract = {{Currently, more than one billion people in the world is exposed to flooding and approximately 10 percent of them suffer its consequences every year. With the onset of climate change, the frequency of these events is likely to increase, and especially in Asia and Africa, where many of the global poor are located. One of the reasons why this is likely to present a challenge for poverty reduction is the fact that the poor rely on the agricultural sector, which is the most affected by flooding. This paper analyses the effect of the 2015 Malawi flood, the largest recorded in the history of the country, on agricultural productivity. For this purpose, the study uses Malawi’s Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS), a longitudinal dataset covering the years 2010, 2013, and 2016, in combination with geographical data on flood extent to produce difference-in-differences and fixed-effect estimates of the impact of the flood. While average productivity decreased throughout the Southern region, our results show that households affected by the flood experienced an additional 38 percent drop in productivity compared to non-affected households.}},
author = {{Delgado Carbajo, Javier}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Calm After the Storm? The Impact of the 2015 Malawi Flood on Agricultural Productivity}},
year = {{2018}},
}