Climate variability poses a severe threat to subsistence farmers in southern Africa. Two different approaches have emerged in recent years to address these threats: the use of seasonal precipitation forecasts for risk reduction (for example, choosing seed varieties that can perform well for...

Index insurance and probabilistic seasonal forecasts are becoming available in developing countries to help farmers manage climate risks in production. Although these tools are intimately related, work has not been done to formalize the connections between them. We investigate the relationship...

The failure of the development of commercially viable traditional crop insurance products and innovations in financial markers has fed a renewed interest in the search for alternatives to help producers in developing countries manage their risk exposure. Salient among these is the proposal of...

Este documento investiga cómo los shocks económicos tienen un efecto sobre los patrones de inversión en capital humano de las familias, analizando cómo se modifica el avance de los niños de 6 a 14 años en el sistema educativo peruano. A diferencia de otros estudios que han analizado el...

Child health, particularly long-term nutritional status, is closely related to the characteristics of families, communities and children, including level of education and access to public services,. Public policy has a crucial role in increasing the likelihood that a child can access high...

The ability of households to diversify their income sources is strongly related to their capacity to cope in times of pressure, such as during economic crises. This is particularly so among the poor, who often do not have adequate resources on which to draw when under such pressures. Households...

Despite improvements in enrolment rates in recent decades, the Peruvian school system still has serious shortcomings. A high drop-out rate in secondary school stems from the fact that the system does not provide adequate support for students who fall behind, cannot afford to go to school, or...

La salud del niño, en particular su estado nutricional de largo plazo, está estrechamente relacionado con las características de las familias, las comunidades y los niños, incluida la educación de la madre y el acceso a los servicios públicos. Ahora bien, el acceso a los servicios...

Los hogares requieren diversificar sus fuentes de ingreso durante crisis económicas, pero la población pobre suele carecer de recursos para afrontar estas situaciones de emergencia. Peor aún es el caso de los hogares con un recién nacido, puesto que tienen dos restricciones más...