Estimating the effects and seasonal dynamics of Malawi's 2015/16 drought and humanitarian transfers on household food insecurity and child malnutrition

Edwin Kenamu and Liesbeth Colen

No wp-2025-36, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In 2015, Southern Africa experienced a drought that affected approximately 30 million people across seven countries. Using a nationally representative household panel survey data set and a remotely sensed measure of drought intensity during the 2015-16 farming season, we rigorously estimate the short-term effects of the drought on food insecurity and child malnutrition in Malawi, and the mitigating effect of a humanitarian transfer programme.

Keywords: Weather shock; Child nutrition; Food security; Malawi; Humanitarian assistance; Malnutrition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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