The Impact of Climate-Change-Related Disasters on Africa’s Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Conflicts: Can Humanitarian Aid and Food Assistance Offset the Damage?
| Autor: | Go Shimada |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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poverty
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis conflict Climate Change Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health food and beverages Agriculture climate change natural disasters agricultural production food aid official development assistance cereal production humanitarian aid economics Relief Work Article Disasters Africa parasitic diseases Medicine Economic Development Food Assistance |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 1; Pages: 467 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 467, p 467 (2022) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19010467 |
| Popis: | This study analyzed the impact of climate-related natural disasters (droughts, floods, storms/rainstorms) on economic and social variables. As the Africa-specific empirical literature is limited, this study used panel data from 1961–2011 on Africa. The study used a panel data regression model analysis. The results showed that climate change-related natural disasters affected Africa’s economic growth, agriculture, and poverty and caused armed conflicts. Among the disasters, droughts are the main cause of negative impact, severely affecting crops such as maize and coffee and resulting in increased urban poverty and armed conflicts. In contrast, international aid has a positive effect but the impact is insignificant compared to the negative consequences of climate-related natural disasters. Cereal food assistance has a negative crowding-out effect on cereal production. International donors should review their interventions to support Africa’s adaptative capacity to disasters. Government efficiency has reduced the number of deaths, and this is an area that supports Africa’s adaptative efforts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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