In sub-Saharan Africa, female entrepreneurs are often confined to the most marginal agricultural activities, which are especially exposed to the... Read more
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The Grantham Research Institute was one of the partners in the project Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) that ran... Read more
Kate is a postdoctoral researcher in the Sustainable Development team. She has a background in human geography as well as... Read more
Led by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the Centre... Read more
A new Grantham Research Institute project is exploring the impact of El Niño and La Niña events on small-and medium-sized enterprises in Africa. Read more
This research suggests that female-led MSMEs in Narok, Kenya, may face both additional exposure to climate risk compared with men, and additional barriers to adapting to that risk. Read more
The El Niño event in 2015/2016 was one of the strongest since at least 1950. Through surveys and interviews with... Read more
Since 2016, the Grantham Research Institute has been investigating the impacts of the 2015/16 El Niño event on parts of eastern and southern Africa. Read more
Successful adaptation in climate-sensitive hotspots in Africa and Asia The need for bottom-up assessments of climate risks and adaptation in... Read more
This paper investigates the extent to which, and how, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in poor countries are adapting to climate risks, finding that the ability of firms to respond depends on factors that can be shaped through policy intervention. Read more