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Disability, Climate Change and Extreme Poverty: Panel Data Evidence from Ethiopia

Abebe D.Beyene, Degnet Abebaw, Hana G/Kidan, Samuel Abera and Goytom Abraha

Around twenty four percent of Ethiopia’s population lives below the country’s national poverty line and people with disabilities are disproportionately represented in this group due to challenges such as marginalization, inequality, and lack of equal access to social services. While extensive research has been carried out on poverty in Ethiopia, and the welfare impacts of climate change have also been studied, there has been limited research focusing on the link between poverty, disability and climate change. A team of researchers from Ethiopia and Denmark plans to estimate the impacts of disability and climate change on the incidence and magnitude of extreme poverty at household level. They will draw on two recent rounds of panel data from the Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey combined with climate-change related satellite data and data from precipitation and temperature satellites and weather stations from the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute. Findings will feed into policies and programs aimed at reducing extreme poverty for people with disabilities.

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