DROUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

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DROUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

• Africa In the Global Picture

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DROUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

• Analysis of human exposure
• Threshold of 50 shortfall in precipitation over
  3 month period
• Applied to 107 countries
• Featured highly populated countries with large
  territories from Americas and Asia

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DROUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

• Annual physical exposure expressed per million
  inhabitants less populated countries feature
• BUT AFRICAN COUNTRIES DO NOT FEATURE IN HUMAN
  EXPOSURE
• ANALYSIS

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DROUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

• 220 people annually exposed to drought
• Exploratory analysis of relationship between
  drought and deaths attributed to drought
• 7 OF 10 MOST VULNERABLE COUNTRIES FROM
  SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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DROUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

• BURUNDI
• Food insecurity in North attributed to drought
• Other factors long-term conflict, reduction in
  soil fertility (limited land for cultivation),
  increased population, HIV/AIDS, etc

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DROUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

• ISSUES
• Complexity
• Meteorological drought too simplistic
• Drought does not necessarily mean one season
  shortfall
• Drought only one factor in food insecurity