weather
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Economic shocks and the age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa and India
The age of marriage responds to economic conditions. Reducing child marriage requires understanding the economic role of culture and institutions
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Remedying early life weather shocks with Mexico’s PROGRESA
Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme improved the life of disadvantaged children even when not explicitly targeted
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Climate change and Indian agriculture
Climate change could reduce farm incomes by 15-18%, and by as much as 20-25% in un-irrigated areas
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About ethnic conflicts, inequality, and rainfall in Africa
There is a lively debate about the role of inequality as a trigger of ethnic conflicts. This column reports groundbreaking research into the effect of the amount of regional rainfall on crops, which is used to measure inequality between ethnic groups. Inequality caused by the weather's effect on crops has a large and significant impact on the prevalence of ethnic conflict. This effect is strongest when a lack of rainfall penalises ethnic groups with no access to power.