German Development Economics Conference 2024

Session

Parallel Session 3

23 May 2024, 15:15

Leibniz Universität Hannover

156. Climate change adaptation: Evidence from an RCT in rural Bangladesh

Alexandra Avdeenko (World Bank, University of Heidelberg), Jakob Jordi Gärtner (Uni Heidelberg)

23/05/2024, 15:15

Environmental Economics and Sustainability

Parallel Session

This study evaluates a women-focused livelihood support project in climate-affected regions of South-western Bangladesh, in Khulna and Satkhira districts. The evaluation, involving 3,120 households with women beneficiaries, exploits a randomized control trial to measure a project's impact on household income, food security, and resilience to climate change. Key findings include a significant...

198. Can weather shocks give rise to a poverty trap? Evidence from Nigeria

Giulia Malevolti (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

23/05/2024, 15:45

Poverty and Inequality

Parallel Session

As extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, the chronic poor, being overly exposed to these shocks, risk suffering the highest price. The 2012 flood in Nigeria was the worst in 40 years and hit more than 3 million people. Using nationally representative panel data, I study households’ asset dynamics for the period 2010-2019. I find that households hit by the flood converge to...