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Vulnerability to climatic variability: An assessment of drought prevalence on water resources availability and implications for the Ugandan economy

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  • Nicholas Kilimani

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The volatile changes in climate are increasingly becoming a threat to many economies globally. This study assesses Uganda’s vulnerability to climatic variability in the context of how these volatile changes in climate are likely to affect long-run water resources availability. This is done by using household survey data, rainfall data as well as findings from […]

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  • Nicholas Kilimani, 2015. "Vulnerability to climatic variability: An assessment of drought prevalence on water resources availability and implications for the Ugandan economy," Working Papers 542, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:542
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    Keywords

    Africa; agriculture; climate change; economic growth; natural resource management; shocks; water management;
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    • E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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