Weather shocks and children’s growth deprivations: understanding and mitigating the impact

Peter Agamile; David Lawson

doi:10.3362/9781780448572

Weather shocks and children’s growth deprivations: understanding and mitigating the impact

Peter Agamile, David Lawson

Global Development Institute

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In sub-Saharan Africa, children continue to suffer immense welfare deprivation. We examine the effect of the poverty–weather shock nexus on children’s growth deprivation using the Uganda National Panel Survey and rich spatial rainfall data. Our results show that poverty and weather shocks significantly reduce children’s height-for-age and weight-for-age score. Interestingly, the results also show that the initial reduction of children’s height-for-age is almost cancelled with a prolonged lag after the shock. These results provide a strong incentive to deliver social assistance to avert children’s growth deprivation when exposed to negative rainfall shocks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	What works for Africa’s poorest children
Subtitle of host publication	from measurement to action
Editors	David Lawson, Diego Angemi, Ibrahim Kasirye
Place of Publication	Rugby
Publisher	Practical Action Publishing
Chapter	7
Pages	139-150
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781780448572
ISBN (Print)	9781788530460, 9781788530453
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3362/9781780448572
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2020

Keywords

weather shocks
poverty
children’s growth
Uganda

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Weather shocks and children’s growth deprivations: understanding and mitigating the impact. / Agamile, Peter ; Lawson, David.
What works for Africa’s poorest children: from measurement to action. ed. / David Lawson; Diego Angemi; Ibrahim Kasirye. Rugby: Practical Action Publishing, 2020. p. 139-150.

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