Misfortunes never come singly : structural change, multiple shocks and child malnutrition in rural Senegal
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2016-12
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Senegalese subsistence farmers struggle with pronounced shocks through purchase prices and droughts. The paper assesses the impact of these shocks on child health in a “multi- shock” approach, to account for concomitance of adverse events from natural, biological, economic and health spheres. The analysis of research findings shows that droughts explain up to 43% of standard deviation of child health, and increased prices explain up to 25%. This paper reports on the study methodology, the survey, the resulting datasets, and the analysis of findings as they relate to policy making.
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SEMI-ARID REGIONS, DROUGHT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, CHILD HEALTH, AGRICULTURAL PRICES, ECONOMETRICS, SENEGAL, PRICING, SOUTH OF SAHARA