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Weathering challenges: Distributional impacts of climatic shocks on household consumption in Mozambique

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  • Patricia Justino
  • Gabriel Monteiro
  • Rodrigo Oliveira
  • Edson Severnini

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Mozambique is highly vulnerable to climate change. It faces frequent cyclones, floods, and droughts while having limited revenue collection capacity and social protection programmes. This paper assesses the distributional effects of climate shocks on household consumption and explores adaptation strategies using consumption survey data from 2008 to 2022, combined with district-level climate data.

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  • Patricia Justino & Gabriel Monteiro & Rodrigo Oliveira & Edson Severnini, 2025. "Weathering challenges: Distributional impacts of climatic shocks on household consumption in Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2025-3, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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