Drought Challenges : Policy Options for Developing Countries

Drought Challenges: Livelihood Implications in Developing Countries, Volume Two, provides an understanding of the occurrence and impacts of droughts for developing countries and vulnerable sub-groups, such as women and pastoralists. It presents tools for assessing vulnerabilities, introduces individual policies to combat the effects of droughts, and highlights the importance of integrated multi-sectoral approaches and drought networks at various levels. Currently, there are few books on the market that address the growing need for knowledge on these cross-cutting issues. As drought can occur anywhere, the systemic connections between droughts and livelihoods are a key factor in development in many dryland and agriculturally-dependent nations.

• Connects the biophysical, social, economic, policy and institutional aspects of droughts across multiple regions in developing world
• Analyzes policy linkages between government agencies, public institutions, NGOs, the private sector and communities
• Includes a discussion of gender dimensions of drought and its impacts
• Presents a multi-sectoral perspective, including the human dimensions of drought in developing countries

Everisto Mapedza is a Senior Researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) based in the West Africa office in Accra, Ghana. His interests include institutions, governance, social transformation and gender using the land, water and broadly natural resources lens in the context of developing countries. He is currently a member of the Executive Council of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC). Dr. Mapedza was previously a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Daniel Tsegai is Programme Officer at the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Dr. Tsegai was also Programme Officer at the UN-Water and Senior Researcher at the University of Bonn.

Mr. Brüntrup works at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) as a senior researcher. His interests cover topics related to agriculture and rural development, trade policy and food security with a geographical focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2017, he is Germany's "Science and Technology Correspondent" for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, (UNCCD).

Robert McLeman is Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. A former diplomat, Dr. McLeman is an internationally recognized expert on environmental migration. He researches the relationship between drought, migration, and population change in rural areas.