Drought is one of the climatic events that threaten water availability, food security, and local livelihoods in semi … contributes to climate change policy planning debates by analysing the trends, impacts and local responses to drought drawing on … Precipitation Index (SPI) was used to determine drought occurrences and intensities. The results showed significant variation: rise …

mitigating drought-induced poverty and consumption declines. Using the MicroZAMOD microsimulation model and districtlevel … rainfall data, we find that rainfall shocks significantly increase poverty and reduce household consumption, disproportionately …

took place before and during the drought, for identification. The drought is found to have a sizable effect on poverty … services are most severely affected. A renewed drought shock could lead to an increase in poverty of 9 percentage points. The …Understanding the magnitude and importance of income shocks, such as drought or conflict, in causing and perpetuating …