Edited version (with references) of a talk given by Nicholas Stern for Jim Mirrlees’ Memorial Conference at Nuffield College, Oxford... Read more
Kenya
The El Niño event in 2015/2016 was one of the strongest since at least 1950. Through surveys and interviews with... 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

Chapter published in the Handbook of Climate Change Resilience This chapter contributes to the literature on private sector adaptation by... Read more

This paper investigates to what extent and how micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries are adapting to climate risks. Read more

The 2015/2016 El Niño was one of the three most severe on record. El Niño is commonly linked to droughts... 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

Climate change poses increasing risks to economic growth and development efforts across the world. Semi-arid regions (SARs) are one of... Read more

This paper looks at the economic aspects of migration in six semi-arid countries that are the focus of the PRISE (Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies) project: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan and Tajikistan. Read more
