Strengthening Financial Resilience to Drought : A Feasibility Study for an Index-based Drought Risk Financing Solution for Pastoralists in Niger (English)

Livestock is fundamental to national economies and households’ welfare in Sahel countries. The Sahel is very prone to droughts and shifting climatic patterns. Between 1950 and 1970, the Sahel experienced abnormally high rainfall, well above the long term 1898 to 1993 averages. However, between 1970 and 1990, there was a prolonged period of well below average rainfall, resulting in a series of major droughts, famines and huge livestock losses, due...

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Banerjee, Rupsha;

Fava, Francesco;

Kahiu, Njoki;

Lung, Felix;

Jensen, Nathan;

Tenin Fatimata Dicko;

John Luke Plevin;
Document Date
2023/12/31
Document Type
Report
Report Number
192833
Volume No
1
Country
Niger,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2024/08/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Strengthening Financial Resilience to Drought : A Feasibility Study for an Index-based Drought Risk Financing Solution for Pastoralists in Niger

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Banerjee, Rupsha; Fava, Francesco; Kahiu, Njoki; Lung, Felix; Jensen, Nathan; Tenin Fatimata Dicko; John Luke Plevin.

Strengthening Financial Resilience to Drought : A Feasibility Study for an Index-based Drought Risk Financing Solution for Pastoralists in Niger (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099810208022431006

Strengthening Financial Resilience to Drought : A Feasibility Study for an Index-based Drought Risk Financing Solution for Pastoralists in Niger (English)

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