Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96286 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2014/013
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Malawi confronts a development imperative in a context of rising temperatures and deep uncertainty about precipitation trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050. We focus on three impact channels: agriculture, road infrastructure, and hydropower generation while accounting explicitly for the uncertainty in climate forecasts. We find that climate change is unlikely to substantially slow overall economic growth over the next couple of decades. However, climate change implications become more pronounced over time and may become substantially more severe after 2050, especially if effective global mitigation policies fail to materialize.
Subjects: 
Malawi
climate change
growth
development
JEL: 
O1
O5
Q54
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-734-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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