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

Livestock is fundamental to national economies and households’ welfare in Sahel countries. The Sahel is very prone to droughts and shifting climatic patterns. Drought costs in the Sahel region are extremely high, especially for pastoralists. Between 1970 and 1990, there was a prolonged period when rainfall was well below average resulting in a series of major droughts, famines and huge livestock losses due to insufficient drinking water, diseases...
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Banerjee, Rupsha; Fava, Francesco; Kahiu, Njoki; Jensen, Nathan; Nombre, Apollinaire; John Luke Plevin; Tenin Fatimata Dicko.

Strengthening Financial Resilience to Drought : A Feasibility Study for an Index-based Drought Risk Financing Solution for Pastoralists in Burkina Faso (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099836208022427400

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