data with objective drought and price information to quantify the causes of vulnerability to poverty in Ethiopia. Previous … against lack of rainfall and sudden increases in food prices. A moderate drought causes a 9 percent reduction in consumption …

early warning framework and its use that could facilitate greater timeliness of drought response. The paper argues that … enable early action during the onset of a drought …

impact of drought-related national maize production shortfalls. The instrument is an index-based weather derivative contract … designed to transfer the financial risk of severe and catastrophic national drought that adversely impacts the government … and therefore production throughout the country. The index picks up the well documented historical drought events in 2005 …

based on randomized assignment, and analyze how impacts vary by exposure to exogenous drought shocks. The results show that … both complementary interventions provide full protection against drought shocks two years after the end of the intervention …

-day and future flood and drought hazard maps. The paper defines and calculates a “poverty exposure bias” and finds support …

voters reward the incumbent presidential party for delivering drought relief compensation. The paper finds that receiving …