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Conte, Bruno, Piemontese, Lavinia and Tapsoba, Augustin
(2020)
The Power of Markets: Impact of Desert Locust Invasions on Child Health.
TSE Working Paper, n. 20-1069, Toulouse
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This paper investigates the consequences of the 2004 locust plague in Mali. We argue that in agricultural economies with a single harvest per year, this type of shock can affect households through two channels: first, a speculative/anticipatory effect that kicks in during the growing season, followed by a local crop failure effect after harvest. We document a substantial impact of the plague on crop price in-flation before the harvest. Regarding health setbacks, children subject only to the speculative/anticipatory effect suffered as much as those exposed to the actual crop failure effect. The latter is more severe for children born in isolated areas.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | January 2020 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Desert Locust Swarms, Agricultural Shocks, Local Markets, Child Health |
| JEL Classification: | O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse 1 Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2020 16:33 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 08:03 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:123984 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/33912 |
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