Gender Perspective in Building Resilience Through Financial Inclusion
| dc.contributor.author | Mesfin, Hiwot | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ahmed, Musa Hasen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-18T08:44:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-18T08:44:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The effects of climate shocks on welfare and households’ coping mechanisms has been extensively addressed in the literature. However, there is a dearth of evidence on how climate shocks impacts on fragile societies especially in Africa. Due to this knowledge gap, in this study, we examine an African context, specifically Somalia in a postconflict era, to understand household welfare through the lens of the interactions between climate shock and financial inclusion. Our results show that female-headed households are more likely to fall below the poverty line, have a larger poverty depth, and shift their diet due to climate shock than male-headed households. Interestingly, we find that remittances decrease following climate shock, both on average and for female-headed households, but such reduction does not have a significant adverse effect on the households' coping ability. Additionally, we find that mobile money improves households’ coping ability. Policymakers need to consider: 1) the gender variations in climate vulnerability when designing interventions; 2) further investigating the reasons behind the reduction in remittances following shocks; and 3) expanding mobile money infrastructure to reap its benefits of improving coping abilities of the vulnerable. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/3458 | |
| dc.publisher | African Economic Research Consortium | en_US |
| dc.title | Gender Perspective in Building Resilience Through Financial Inclusion | en_US |