Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa's
agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack …

The majority of economic decisions are forward-looking and thus involve expectations of
future outcomes. Understanding the expectations that individuals have is thus of crucial …

The widespread growth of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in rural
areas of develo** countries offers new opportunities to provide more timely and low‐cost …

Natural disasters give rise to loss and damage and may affect subjective expectations about
the prevalence and severity of future disasters. These expectations might then in turn shape …

This paper presents and applies a conceptual framework to address human vulnerability to
climate change. Drawing upon social risk management and asset-based approaches, the …

We review the use and value of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA), with a view to understanding and exploiting opportunities to realize more of its …

Development Economics: Theory and Practice provides students and practitioners with the
perspectives and the tools they need to think analytically and critically about the current …

This chapter provides an interdisciplinary review of the drought literature. Droughts are
widely perceived as hydroclimatic hazards. In reality droughts are socioenvironmental …

Climatic variability exerts tremendous influence on the livelihoods and well-being of
pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. Recent advances in climate forecasting technologies have …

Millions of people emigrate every year in search of better opportunities. Anecdotes of
emigrants with over-optimistic expectations about the incomes they can earn abroad …