Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition
In 2015, Ethiopia experienced one of its worst droughts in decades. Using nationally representative data from before and after this event, we find that this drought did not lead to widespread increases in chronic or acute child undernutrition rates in the country. However, chronic undernutrition rat...
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| author | Hirvonen, Kalle Sohnesen, Thomas Pave Bundervoet, Tom |
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| description | In 2015, Ethiopia experienced one of its worst droughts in decades. Using nationally representative data from before and after this event, we find that this drought did not lead to widespread increases in chronic or acute child undernutrition rates in the country. However, chronic undernutrition rates increased due to the drought in areas characterized by limited road network. Moreover, the share of households receiving humanitarian aid doubled in drought-affected areas. Together, these findings highlight the role of road infrastructure in contributing to resilience as well as the efficiency of the humanitarian system in delivering and targeting aid in the country. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1472132025-11-06T06:10:13Z Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition Hirvonen, Kalle Sohnesen, Thomas Pave Bundervoet, Tom child nutrition child development roads malnutrition nutrition transport infrastructure drought food security food aid resilience In 2015, Ethiopia experienced one of its worst droughts in decades. Using nationally representative data from before and after this event, we find that this drought did not lead to widespread increases in chronic or acute child undernutrition rates in the country. However, chronic undernutrition rates increased due to the drought in areas characterized by limited road network. Moreover, the share of households receiving humanitarian aid doubled in drought-affected areas. Together, these findings highlight the role of road infrastructure in contributing to resilience as well as the efficiency of the humanitarian system in delivering and targeting aid in the country. 2018-02-21 2024-06-21T09:12:20Z 2024-06-21T09:12:20Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147213 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Hirvonen, Kalle; Sohnesen, Thomas Pave; and Bundervoet, Tom. 2018. Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition. ESSP Working Paper 114. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147213 |
| spellingShingle | child nutrition child development roads malnutrition nutrition transport infrastructure drought food security food aid resilience Hirvonen, Kalle Sohnesen, Thomas Pave Bundervoet, Tom Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition |
| title | Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition |
| title_full | Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition |
| title_short | Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition |
| title_sort | impact of ethiopia s 2015 drought on child undernutrition |
| topic | child nutrition child development roads malnutrition nutrition transport infrastructure drought food security food aid resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147213 |
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