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The Drought and Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa : Impacts and Proposed Policy Responses for Kenya

dc.contributor.author Demombynes, Gabriel
dc.contributor.author Kiringai, Jane
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T10:20:29Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T10:20:29Z
dc.date.issued 2011-11
dc.description.abstract As the world begins to feel the effects of climate change, the frequency of droughts is increasing in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, the drought and food crisis affect welfare through two main channels. The first channel is the increased mortality of livestock in drought-affected areas, which are home to 10 percent of the country's population. The second channel is by exacerbating increases in food prices, which are largely driven by worldwide price trends. Considering these two channels, this note identifies four broad policy changes that can reduce Kenya's future vulnerability to such shocks: (i) investment in people in the arid and semiarid lands; (ii) reform of Kenya's maize policy; (iii) review of the East African Community grain trade policy; and (iv) formulation of a unified social protection system. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/15499810/drought-food-crisis-horn-africa-impacts-proposed-policy-responses-kenya
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10073
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Economic Premise; No. 71
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject ARID AREAS
dc.subject ARID LANDS
dc.subject BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject CEREALS
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject COASTAL REGION
dc.subject COPING MECHANISMS
dc.subject CREDIT MARKETS
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject EMERGENCY FOOD
dc.subject EMERGENCY RELIEF
dc.subject EXTERNAL SHOCKS
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FINANCIAL CRISES
dc.subject FOOD AID
dc.subject FOOD GRAINS
dc.subject FOOD MARKETING
dc.subject FOOD PRICE
dc.subject FOOD PRICE INFLATION
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCER
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject FORMAL CREDIT
dc.subject GRAIN MARKETING
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS WITH LIVESTOCK
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
dc.subject IMPACT OF SHOCKS
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject LAND TENURE
dc.subject LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP
dc.subject LIVESTOCK POPULATION
dc.subject LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject MAIZE
dc.subject MARKET INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject MARKET PRICES
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POVERTY RATE
dc.subject POVERTY RATES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY TRAPS
dc.subject PRICE FLOOR
dc.subject PRICE INFLATION
dc.subject PRICE POLICY
dc.subject PRICE RISK
dc.subject PRICE STABILITY
dc.subject PRICE TRENDS
dc.subject PRODUCER INCENTIVES
dc.subject PRODUCER PRICE
dc.subject PRODUCER PRICES
dc.subject PROTECTION POLICY
dc.subject PROTECTION SYSTEM
dc.subject REBATES
dc.subject REGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject RELIEF INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SAFETY NET
dc.subject SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
dc.subject SAFETY NETS
dc.subject SHEEP
dc.subject SOCIAL INSURANCE
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject STORAGE FACILITIES
dc.subject SURPLUS
dc.subject VULNERABILITY TO DROUGHT
dc.subject WAREHOUSE
dc.subject WORLD MARKET
dc.title The Drought and Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa : Impacts and Proposed Policy Responses for Kenya en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.date.disclosure 2011-11-23
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/15499810/drought-food-crisis-horn-africa-impacts-proposed-policy-responses-kenya
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000386194_20111124023603
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 15499810
okr.identifier.report 65758
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topic Food and Beverage Industry
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Markets and Market Access
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Regional Economic Development
okr.topic Industry
okr.unit AFT: PREM 2 (AFTP2)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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