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This paper quantifies the impact of drought on household consumption for five main agroecological zones in Africa, developing vulnerability (or damage) functions of the relationship between rainfall deficits...

This paper studies the effect of the 2018 drought on household consumption and poverty in Afghanistan, a semi-arid and conflict-affected country. The paper combines geolocated household data with remote-sensing weather data...

Disasters affect millions of people each year and cause economic losses worth many billions of dollars globally. Reporting on disaster impacts in research, policy, and news...

Highlights: Tunisia’s economic challenges have been compounded by an increasing vulnerability to climate change. The country’s location makes it one of the most exposed to climate change...

Highlights: Drought dampened economic activity in 2022, wiping out the agricultural sector and intensifying a humanitarian crisis. Relentless drought and high food prices weakened household...

Highlights on Food security: The Special Focus of the ‘’Fall 2023’’ ME’ analyzes the impact of the inflationary surge across the income distribution. It shows that inflation is substantially higher...

Highlights: The drought slowed down an already limited economic recovery in the first half of 2023 The sixth consecutive year of below-average rainfall compromised Tunisia’s agricultural production...

Highlights: The authors of the report uses recent econometric methodologies to answer the question of how rainfall shocks have affected the economy over time. The analysis was conducted...

Mauritania is highly exposed to recurrent and extreme droughts resulting in food security crises. The Government of Mauritania, with support from the World Bank, has introduced a new institutional and operational...

This resources provides the list and description of Japan-World Bank Disaster Risk Management projects in developing countries.