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dc.titleResearch Insights: Can Financial Inclusion Reduce Extreme Weather Impacts on Rural Children?
dc.contributor.authorBernal, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorVlaicu, Razvan
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageColombia
dc.date.available2023-11-27T00:11:00
dc.date.issue2023-11-27T00:11:00
dc.description.abstractExtreme rainfall induces rural households to choose immediate benefits over long-run investments in education by increasing the incidence of child labor and household chores at the expense of school attendance. Over-indebtedness through pre-existing formal loans reinforces the likelihood that a child works due to rainfall shocks. Asset insurance, foreign remittances, and natural disaster aid reduce or eliminate the shock-induced shift toward domestic activities and away from schooling.
dc.format.extent4
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005297
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-Can-Financial-Inclusion-Reduce-Extreme-Weather-Impacts-on-Rural-Children.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-puede-la-inclusion-financiera-reducir-los-impactos-climaticos-extremos-en-los-ninos-de-zonas-rurales.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectFinancial Inclusion
dc.subjectRainfall
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subjectChild Labor
dc.subjectRural Area
dc.subjectInvestment
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectPopulation Aging
dc.subjectSchool Attendance
dc.subjectBank Loan
dc.subjectRemittance
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subject.jelcodeD14 - Household Saving; Personal Finance
dc.subject.jelcodeJ13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth
dc.subject.jelcodeJ22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
dc.subject.jelcodeO15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00857
idb.operationRG-E1885
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