Temperature, rainfall and economic growth in Africa

Lanzafame, Matteo

doi:10.1007/s00181-012-0664-3

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“…Rainfall shocks were not significant and therefore dropped from the parsimonious model. These results are consistent with earlier research that showed temperature shocks have more devastating effects on food consumption Lazzaroni and Bedi (2014) and economic growth (Alagidede et al 2014;Lanzafame 2014).…”

Section: The Single Equation Food Price Modelsupporting

confidence: 83%

Food prices, energy and climate shocks in Uganda

Mawejje

2016

Agric Econ

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The objective of this paper is to examine the importance of energy and climate shocks in Uganda's food price processes. The unique features of this paper are threefold: first, we identify climate shocks computed as the deviations of monthly temperature and rainfall realisations from their respective long term means. Second, controlling for external and domestic shocks, we examine the possible role of energy prices in food price processes. Third, we examine these issues in a single equation model exploiting cointegration techniques and general-to-specific methods. Results indicate that energy prices have a long run cointegrating relationship with food prices. In addition, temperature shocks are more important than rainfall shocks in explaining food price variability.

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Section: The Single Equation Food Price Modelsupporting

confidence: 83%

Food prices, energy and climate shocks in Uganda

Mawejje

2016

Agric Econ

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“…In a related study, Dell et al (2009) Lanzafame (2012) investigates the effects of temperature and rainfall on economic growth in Africa using annual data from 1962 to 2000 for 36 African countries. Using an autoregressive distributed lag model for panel data, he finds evidence of both short-and long-run relationships between temperature and per capita income growth.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, the impact of rainfall on growth has little support from the data. The important lesson of Lanzafame (2012) is that African countries have not adapted well to weather shocks, and without proper intervention mechanisms to arrest the alarming effects of climate change growth may be hampered.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Most studies indicate that poor countries, particularly those in SSA would bear the brunt of climate change (see Lanzafame 2012). The overwhelming reliance on agriculture and other climate-sensitive sectors for production as well as the limited capacity to respond appropriately to climate related shocks tend to expose the African continent to the vagaries of extreme weather conditions (Stern 2006).…”

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The effect of climate change on economic growth: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Alagidede

Adu

Frimpong

2015

Environ Econ Policy Stud

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This paper is a contribution to the empirics of climate change and its effect on sustainable economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using data on two climate variables, temperature and precipitation, and employing panel cointegration techniques, we estimate the short-and long-run effects of climate change on growth. We establish that an increase in temperature significantly reduces economic performance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, we show that the relationship between real gross domestic product per capita on one hand, and the climate factors on the other, is intrinsically non-linear.

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“…The climatic variables of temperature and rainfall are often represented in economic growth models within the field of climate change, mostly focused on temperature. The available literatures suggests that increase in temperature has a negative impact on economic growth (Akram, 2012;Lanzafame, 2014;Sequeira, Santos, & Magalhães, 2018) whereas rainfall has both positive (Akram, 2012;Brown, Meeks, Ghile, & Hunu, 2013;Odusola & Abidoye, 2015) and negative impacts on economic growth (Dell, Jones, & Olken, 2012;Tebaldi & Beaudin, 2016). Until recently, few studies have examined and explored how rainfall is related to economic growth, with research conducted mostly in African countries (Ali, 2012;Barrios, Bertinelli, & Strobl, 2010;Berlemann & Wenzel, 2018;Cabral, 2014;Miguel & Satyanath, 2011;Richardson, 2007;Sebastien, 2010) such as Sub-Saharan Africa where rainfed agriculture is dominant (Borgomeo et al, 2018).…”

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Impact of Rainfall on Agricultural Growth in Thailand: Evidence in Farming and Fishing Activities

2019

JESD

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Rainfall is related to economic growth. This is especially true for the agricultural sector which is a key food source. Rainfall has beneficial impacts in both arid and poor regions. Thailand, as an upper middle-income country according to the World Bank, has a tropical climate although rainfall varies between each region. Precipitation in the northern and northeastern regions is low while the southern region, as a narrow strip of land running northsouth bordering the Andaman Sea to the West and the Gulf of Thailand to the East, has the highest rainfall. Agricultural product characteristics differ between regions. In arid areas, agrarian products are largely from farming while fisheries predominate in the southern region. The effect of rainfall on GDP growth was explored on a region-by-region basis using panel data from 2004 to 2015 at provincial level. The FGLS (Feasible Generalized Least Square) estimator was used in the regression models. Results showed that in northeastern and northern regions, rainfall stimulated economic growth in all dimensions of the agricultural sector and agricultural subsectors. The economic impact of rainfall played a major role in the fishing subsectors compared to the farming subsector. Overall, results identified the regions and agricultural subsectors that were economically profitable as a result of increased rainfall.

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Temperature, rainfall and economic growth in Africa

Cited by 57 publications

References 16 publications

Food prices, energy and climate shocks in Uganda

Food prices, energy and climate shocks in Uganda

The effect of climate change on economic growth: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Impact of Rainfall on Agricultural Growth in Thailand: Evidence in Farming and Fishing Activities

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