Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali

Weather shocks can affect men and women differently, due in part to differences in their adaptive capacities. We merge weather data with survey data from a randomized control trial of a cash transfer program in Mali to describe how men and women cope with weather shocks and the role of cash transfer...

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Main Authors: Hidrobo, Melissa, Mueller, Valerie, Roy, Shalini, Fall, Cheikh Modou Noreyni, Lavaysse, Christophe, Belli, Anna
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163076
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author Hidrobo, Melissa
Mueller, Valerie
Roy, Shalini
Fall, Cheikh Modou Noreyni
Lavaysse, Christophe
Belli, Anna
author_browse Belli, Anna
Fall, Cheikh Modou Noreyni
Hidrobo, Melissa
Lavaysse, Christophe
Mueller, Valerie
Roy, Shalini
author_facet Hidrobo, Melissa
Mueller, Valerie
Roy, Shalini
Fall, Cheikh Modou Noreyni
Lavaysse, Christophe
Belli, Anna
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description Weather shocks can affect men and women differently, due in part to differences in their adaptive capacities. We merge weather data with survey data from a randomized control trial of a cash transfer program in Mali to describe how men and women cope with weather shocks and the role of cash transfer programs in supporting adaptive responses. We find that heavy rainfall reduces household’s consumption but that the cash transfer program mitigates these impacts, primarily by allowing households to draw down both men’s and women’s savings, increasing the value of livestock and farming assets held jointly by men and women, and facilitating a reallocation of men’s and women’s labor to livestock production and women’s labor to domestic work.
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spelling CGSpace1630762025-12-08T09:54:28Z Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali Hidrobo, Melissa Mueller, Valerie Roy, Shalini Fall, Cheikh Modou Noreyni Lavaysse, Christophe Belli, Anna cash transfers gender men rainfall shock women social protection Weather shocks can affect men and women differently, due in part to differences in their adaptive capacities. We merge weather data with survey data from a randomized control trial of a cash transfer program in Mali to describe how men and women cope with weather shocks and the role of cash transfer programs in supporting adaptive responses. We find that heavy rainfall reduces household’s consumption but that the cash transfer program mitigates these impacts, primarily by allowing households to draw down both men’s and women’s savings, increasing the value of livestock and farming assets held jointly by men and women, and facilitating a reallocation of men’s and women’s labor to livestock production and women’s labor to domestic work. 2024-12-05 2024-12-05T15:13:02Z 2024-12-05T15:13:02Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163076 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102547 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.10.016 https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12261 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142045 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hidrobo, Melissa; Mueller, Valerie; Roy, Shalini; Fall, Cheikh Modou Noreyni; Lavaysse, Christophe; and Belli, Anna. 2024. Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2301. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163076
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Hidrobo, Melissa
Mueller, Valerie
Roy, Shalini
Fall, Cheikh Modou Noreyni
Lavaysse, Christophe
Belli, Anna
Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali
title Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali
title_full Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali
title_fullStr Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali
title_full_unstemmed Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali
title_short Rainy day funds? How men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in Mali
title_sort rainy day funds how men and women adapt to heavy rainfall shocks and the role of cash transfers in mali
topic cash transfers
gender
men
rainfall
shock
women
social protection
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163076
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