The impact of drought on human capital in rural India

Joshi, Kuhu

doi:10.1017/s1355770x19000123

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“…In the developing world specifically, limited savings among less wealthy households and the lack of social supports such as access to credit and insurance make it difficult for poorer families to recover from shocks caused by extreme weather (Groppo & Kraehnert, 2017 ; Marchetta et al, 2018 ). Parents are forced to shift their investments from their children’s schooling, e.g., uniforms, books, transportation, tuition (Joshi, 2019 ), instead directing their resources to recovery from the economic consequences of the typhoon’s damage (Deuchert & Felfe, 2015 ). Post-typhoon enrollment decreases.…”

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The impact of extreme weather on student online learning participation

Lagmay

Rodrigo

2022

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In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced over 1 billion learners to shift from face-to-face instruction to online learning. Seven months after it began, this transition became even more challenging for Filipino online learners. Eight typhoons struck the Philippines from October to November 2020. Two of these typhoons caused widespread flooding, utilities interruptions, property destruction, and loss of life. We examine how these severe weather conditions affected online learning participation of Filipino students pursuing their undergraduate and graduate studies. We used CausalImpact analysis to explore September 2020 to January 2021 data collected from the Moodle Learning Management System data of one university in the Philippines. We found that overall student online participation was significantly negatively affected by typhoons. However, the effect on participation in Assignments and Quizzes was not significant. These findings suggested that students continued to participate in activities that have a direct bearing on their final grades, rather than activities that had no impact on their course outcomes.

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The impact of extreme weather on student online learning participation

Lagmay

Rodrigo

2022

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“…Ils sont souvent confrontés à des taux d'intérêt très élevés pour le crédit, et les prêteurs limitent souvent le montant qu'ils leur prêtent, ce qui implique qu'ils sont beaucoup plus susceptibles d'être limités en termes de liquidités et de stratégie de lissage de leur consommation. Un choc de revenu exogène et non anticipé peut avoir des conséquences immédiates sur la scolarité des enfants, notamment si la perte de revenu génère une hausse de l'insécurité alimentaire (K. Joshi, 2019). Ainsi, on peut constater une diminution de la fréquentation scolaire simultanément au choc.…”

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Chocs de revenu et éducation des enfants en présence d’imperfections du marché du crédit et de l’assurance : Mécanismes décisionnels en Ethiopie

Jegaden¹,

Lemoine²

2022

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Les chocs de revenus subis par les ménages les plus démunis peuvent inciter les parents à retirer leurs enfants de l'école pour les introduire sur le marché du travail, lorsque les autres instruments de maîtrise des risques sont insuffisants. Ces réponses aux chocs à court terme peuvent entraîner des conséquences à plus long terme sur le développement du capital humain des enfants. En utilisant des données issues d’une enquête ménages en Ethiopie, nous examinons l’impact des chocs pluviométriques sur les décisions d’investissement dans le capital humain à moyen terme. Les résultats suggèrent que les chocs climatiques réduisent significativement l’investissement dans le capital humain. Dans ce contexte, les mécanismes psychologiques jouent un rôle important dans le processus décisionnel des ménages à l’origine d’une déscolarisation des enfants. Nous avançons que l’exposition aux chocs de revenus exacerbe la perception de l’investissement dans le capital éducatif comme relativement risqué, toutes choses égales par ailleurs. La forte prévalence des chocs de revenu (expériences naturelles) ou le ressenti de cette prévalence aggrave l’aversion au risque des ménages, en accentuant la concavité de leur fonction d’utilité.

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“…Analysis of causes and effects of meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural drought in the area identified three clear stages: before 1997 being sustainable, 1997-2006 being transitional, and after 2006 being unsustainable.Water 2020, 12, 838 2 of 27 regions, but droughts are an unexpected reduction in rain over a certain time, affecting a region [3]. As the changes in rainfall volume are extreme, droughts are a major challenge, especially in rural areas [4][5][6]. Drought has a critical impact on water resource-dependent sectors, such as agriculture, raising concerns about the capacity to meet water and food demands [7].Drought is classified into four types-meteorological, hydrological, agricultural, and ocioeconomic [8][9][10].…”

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“…Water 2020, 12, 838 2 of 27 regions, but droughts are an unexpected reduction in rain over a certain time, affecting a region [3]. As the changes in rainfall volume are extreme, droughts are a major challenge, especially in rural areas [4][5][6]. Drought has a critical impact on water resource-dependent sectors, such as agriculture, raising concerns about the capacity to meet water and food demands [7].…”

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Unsustainability Syndrome—From Meteorological to Agricultural Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

Haghighi

Zaki

Rossi

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Water is the most important resource for sustainable agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions, where agriculture is the mainstay for rural societies. By relating the water usage to renewable water resources, we define three stages from sustainable to unsustainable water resources: (1) sustainable, where water use is matched by renewable water capacity, ensuring sustainable water resources; (2) transitional, where water use occasionally exceeds renewable water capacity; and (3) unsustainable, with lack of water resources for agriculture, society, and the environment. Using available drought indicators (standardized precipitation index (SPI) and streamflow drought index (SDI)) and two new indices for agricultural drought (overall agricultural drought index (OADI) and agricultural drought index (ADI)), we evaluated these stages using the example of Fars province in southern Iran in the period 1977–2016. A hyper-arid climate prevailed for an average of 32% of the province’s spatio-temporal coverage during the study period. The area increased significantly from 30.6% in the first decade (1977–1986) to 44.4% in the last (2006–2015). The spatiotemporal distribution of meteorological drought showed no significant negative trends in annual precipitation during 1977–2016, but the occurrence of hydrological droughts increased significantly in the period 1997–2016. The expansion of irrigated area, with more than 60% of rainfed agriculture replaced by irrigated agriculture (especially between 1997 and 2006), exerted substantial pressure on surface water and groundwater resources. Together, climate change, reduced river flow, and significant declines in groundwater level in major aquifers led to unsustainable use of water resources, a considerable reduction in irrigated area, and unsustainability in agricultural production in the period 2006–2015. Analysis of causes and effects of meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural drought in the area identified three clear stages: before 1997 being sustainable, 1997–2006 being transitional, and after 2006 being unsustainable.

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The impact of drought on human capital in rural India

Cited by 24 publications

References 37 publications

The impact of extreme weather on student online learning participation

The impact of extreme weather on student online learning participation

Chocs de revenu et éducation des enfants en présence d’imperfections du marché du crédit et de l’assurance : Mécanismes décisionnels en Ethiopie

Unsustainability Syndrome—From Meteorological to Agricultural Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

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