Impact of Drought on Poverty in Somalia

Understanding the magnitude and importance of income shocks, such as drought or conflict, in causing and perpetuating poverty is critical to designing policies aimed at building resilience and contributing toward the goal of ending poverty. This pa...

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Main Authors:	Pape, Utz, Wollburg, Philip
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	DROUGHT POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTION DISASTER IMPACT AGRICULTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524061547136956461/Impact-of-Drought-on-Poverty-in-Somalia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31165

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spelling	okr-10986-311652022-09-20T00:14:40Z Impact of Drought on Poverty in Somalia Pape, Utz Wollburg, Philip DROUGHT POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTION DISASTER IMPACT AGRICULTURE Understanding the magnitude and importance of income shocks, such as drought or conflict, in causing and perpetuating poverty is critical to designing policies aimed at building resilience and contributing toward the goal of ending poverty. This paper uses micro-data from two waves of the Somali High Frequency Survey to assess the impact of the severe drought that Somalia experienced in 2016/17 on poverty, hunger, and consumption. The analysis uses a regression framework to quantify the effects of the drought, relying on spatial variation in drought exposure and the timing of data collection, which took place before and during the drought, for identification. The drought is found to have a sizable effect on poverty, consumption, and hunger in rural areas, where agricultural households and those lacking access to infrastructure and basic services are most severely affected. A renewed drought shock could lead to an increase in poverty of 9 percentage points. The findings underscore the importance of investing in rural resilience, especially among agricultural households. 2019-01-31T18:09:22Z 2019-01-31T18:09:22Z 2019-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524061547136956461/Impact-of-Drought-on-Poverty-in-Somalia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31165 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8698 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Somalia
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description	Understanding the magnitude and importance of income shocks, such as drought or conflict, in causing and perpetuating poverty is critical to designing policies aimed at building resilience and contributing toward the goal of ending poverty. This paper uses micro-data from two waves of the Somali High Frequency Survey to assess the impact of the severe drought that Somalia experienced in 2016/17 on poverty, hunger, and consumption. The analysis uses a regression framework to quantify the effects of the drought, relying on spatial variation in drought exposure and the timing of data collection, which took place before and during the drought, for identification. The drought is found to have a sizable effect on poverty, consumption, and hunger in rural areas, where agricultural households and those lacking access to infrastructure and basic services are most severely affected. A renewed drought shock could lead to an increase in poverty of 9 percentage points. The findings underscore the importance of investing in rural resilience, especially among agricultural households.
format	Working Paper
author	Pape, Utz Wollburg, Philip
author_facet	Pape, Utz Wollburg, Philip
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title	Impact of Drought on Poverty in Somalia
title_short	Impact of Drought on Poverty in Somalia
title_full	Impact of Drought on Poverty in Somalia
title_fullStr	Impact of Drought on Poverty in Somalia
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of Drought on Poverty in Somalia
title_sort	impact of drought on poverty in somalia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524061547136956461/Impact-of-Drought-on-Poverty-in-Somalia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31165
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Impact of Drought on Poverty in Somalia

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