World Bank2012-06-052012-06-052006978-0-8213-6664-6https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7085Using recent advances in modeling climate-related risks and adjusting state of the art catastrophic risk modeling techniques to drought, the study conducts an innovative long-term assessment of drought risks in Andhra Pradesh, India, and suggests strategies to reduce their impact, under several economic, drought management and climate change scenarios. The analysis deepens an understanding of climate risk adaptation strategies, including implications for agricultural and catastrophic risk insurance.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL INSURANCEAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTUREANNUAL CROP PRODUCTIONARID TROPICSAVAILABLE WATERAVERAGE RAINFALLBIODIVERSITYCAPACITY BUILDINGCASH CROPSCHLORINECLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE VARIABILITYCROP AREACROP PRODUCTIONCROP YIELDCULTIVABLE LANDCULTIVATED AREADEMAND FOR WATERDESERTDESERT DEVELOPMENTDROUGHTDROUGHT MANAGEMENTDROUGHT PRONE AREADROUGHT PRONE AREASDROUGHT PROOFINGDROUGHT RISKDROUGHT-PRONE AREASDROUGHTSDRY SEASONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTSEFFECTS OF DROUGHTEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSEROSIONFARMERSFORESTFOREST MANAGEMENTFORESTRYFORESTSGCMGDPGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGREENHOUSE GASESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER FOR IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER RESOURCESGROUNDWATER USEHOT SPOTSHUMAN HEALTHIMPACTS OF DROUGHTINCOMEINSURANCEIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION PROJECTSLIVESTOCKLOW RAINFALLNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNUTRITIONPLANTINGPOORPOVERTY INITIATIVESPOVERTY LINEPRECIPITATIONRAINFALLRIVERSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL COMMUNITYRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DISTRICTRURAL ECONOMYRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY REDUCTIONRURAL POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECTSAFETY NET MEASURESSECTORAL POLICIESSOILSOLID WASTESURFACE WATERSURFACE WATER IRRIGATIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETREESUNEMPLOYMENTWASTELANDSWATER CONSERVATIONWATER QUANTITYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCESWATER SUPPLYWATER TABLEWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWEATHER PATTERNSWELLSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6664-6