Regional Inequality and Polarization in the Context of Concurrent Extreme Weather and Economic Shocks

Julie A. Silva, Corene J. Matyas and Benedito Cunguara

No 186603, Food Security Collaborative Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: This study examines how extreme weather in the context of on-going economic shocks influence regional inequality and polarization within Mozambique. Utilizing satellite-based estimates of rainfall that we spatially analyze within a GIS, we establish a 16-year rainfall climatology and calculate monthly rainfall anomalies for 674 villages. We approximate storm-total rainfall from all tropical cyclones entering the Mozambique Channel, as well as the extent of damaging winds for those making landfall, between 2005 and 2008.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45
Date: 2014-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.186603

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