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Climate change impacts on migration and women's poverty in Burkina Faso

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  • Boureima Sawadogo

    (ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université)

  • Ismael Fofana

    (IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [India] - IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [Washington] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Hélène Maisonnave

    (ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université)

Abstract

Burkina Faso faces significant challenges in terms of gender inequality, especially regarding employment and economic opportunities. Agriculture, the main provider of employment, is threatened by climate change. Our study contributes to the understanding of the gender distributive effects induced by climate change. The climate shock is introduced stochastically to accommodate the uncertainties related to the evolution of the climate and its effects on agricultural yields. An economywide framework is used to capture the backward and forward linkages of the agricultural sector to the non-agricultural sectors. Our results show that on average, climate change is slightly unfavourable for women's economic activities compared to men's economic activities. Climate shocks drive down employment and slightly more for women's employment. Furthermore, the simulation shows negative impacts on poverty, with rural households and female-headed households being the most affected. However, the high level of uncertainty surrounding the impact of climate change on agricultural yields makes it difficult to find significant gender bias in the distribution of economic effects of climate change in Burkina Faso.

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  • Boureima Sawadogo & Ismael Fofana & Hélène Maisonnave, 2023. "Climate change impacts on migration and women's poverty in Burkina Faso," Working Papers hal-04281370, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04281370
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