Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi

Between 2014 and 2016 unprecedented and consecutive climatic shocks ravaged Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. The largest ever emergency relief operation in the country’s history ensued. The pathways and extent to which the humanitarian response protected livelihoods remain und...

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Main Authors:	McCarthy, Nancy, Kilic, Talip, Brubaker, Joshua, de la Fuente, Alejandro, Murray, Siobhan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	DROUGHT FLOODS CLIMATE SHOCKS HUMANITARIAN AID SMALLHOLDER FARMERS FARM PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/904001621435855100/Recurrent-Climatic-Shocks-and-Humanitarian-Aid-Impacts-on-Livelihood-Outcomes-in-Malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35614

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spelling	okr-10986-356142022-09-20T00:09:16Z Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi McCarthy, Nancy Kilic, Talip Brubaker, Joshua de la Fuente, Alejandro Murray, Siobhan DROUGHT FLOODS CLIMATE SHOCKS HUMANITARIAN AID SMALLHOLDER FARMERS FARM PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION Between 2014 and 2016 unprecedented and consecutive climatic shocks ravaged Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. The largest ever emergency relief operation in the country’s history ensued. The pathways and extent to which the humanitarian response protected livelihoods remain under researched. This paper uses a unique data set that combines longitudinal household survey data with GIS-based measures of weather shocks and climate conditions and longitudinal administrative data on the World Food Programme’s aid distribution. The paper aims to understand the drivers of humanitarian aid and evaluate the impact of aid and weather shocks on outcomes related to household production and consumption in Malawi. The analysis shows that droughts and floods had consistent negative impacts on a range of welfare outcomes, particularly for households that were subject to sequential shocks. Aid receipt is demonstrated to attenuate such impacts, again particularly for households that experienced the shocks consecutively. Households living in areas subject to a weather shock and with higher World Food Programme aid distribution were more likely to receive food aid, partially explaining the success of aid in mitigating the impacts of shocks. However, there is significant scope for improving the criteria for targeting humanitarian aid beneficiaries. 2021-05-20T15:01:21Z 2021-05-20T15:01:21Z 2021-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/904001621435855100/Recurrent-Climatic-Shocks-and-Humanitarian-Aid-Impacts-on-Livelihood-Outcomes-in-Malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35614 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9666 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 Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Malawi
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topic	DROUGHT FLOODS CLIMATE SHOCKS HUMANITARIAN AID SMALLHOLDER FARMERS FARM PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
spellingShingle	DROUGHT FLOODS CLIMATE SHOCKS HUMANITARIAN AID SMALLHOLDER FARMERS FARM PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION McCarthy, Nancy Kilic, Talip Brubaker, Joshua de la Fuente, Alejandro Murray, Siobhan Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi
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description	Between 2014 and 2016 unprecedented and consecutive climatic shocks ravaged Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. The largest ever emergency relief operation in the country’s history ensued. The pathways and extent to which the humanitarian response protected livelihoods remain under researched. This paper uses a unique data set that combines longitudinal household survey data with GIS-based measures of weather shocks and climate conditions and longitudinal administrative data on the World Food Programme’s aid distribution. The paper aims to understand the drivers of humanitarian aid and evaluate the impact of aid and weather shocks on outcomes related to household production and consumption in Malawi. The analysis shows that droughts and floods had consistent negative impacts on a range of welfare outcomes, particularly for households that were subject to sequential shocks. Aid receipt is demonstrated to attenuate such impacts, again particularly for households that experienced the shocks consecutively. Households living in areas subject to a weather shock and with higher World Food Programme aid distribution were more likely to receive food aid, partially explaining the success of aid in mitigating the impacts of shocks. However, there is significant scope for improving the criteria for targeting humanitarian aid beneficiaries.
format	Working Paper
author	McCarthy, Nancy Kilic, Talip Brubaker, Joshua de la Fuente, Alejandro Murray, Siobhan
author_facet	McCarthy, Nancy Kilic, Talip Brubaker, Joshua de la Fuente, Alejandro Murray, Siobhan
author_sort	McCarthy, Nancy
title	Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi
title_short	Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi
title_full	Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi
title_fullStr	Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi
title_full_unstemmed	Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi
title_sort	recurrent climatic shocks and humanitarian aid : impacts on livelihood outcomes in malawi
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/904001621435855100/Recurrent-Climatic-Shocks-and-Humanitarian-Aid-Impacts-on-Livelihood-Outcomes-in-Malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35614
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Recurrent Climatic Shocks and Humanitarian Aid : Impacts on Livelihood Outcomes in Malawi

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