Picking up pieces after Cyclone Idai in Malawi: An economy wide CGE impact assessment

Henry Kankwamba and Christina Kamange

No 365875, 2023 Seventh AAAE/60th AEASA Conference, September 18-21, 2023, Durban, South Africa from African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

Abstract: Weather related shocks could lead to pervasive welfare outcomes. Using prior information from a rapid post-disaster needs assessment and a social accounting matrix for Malawi, we assess economy wide distributional impacts of cyclones Idai, and consider resilience enhancing pathways in a computable general equilibrium framework. Since Cyclones Idai mainly affected production activities, infrastructure and agricultural households, we model adaptations from the production side. Results show that after considering multiple linkages, the negative impacts are larger requiring more inter-sectoral coordination to get the economy on a sustainable growth path.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.365875

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