@article{fdi:010089891, title = {{M}igration response to drought in {M}ali : an analysis using panel data on {M}alian localities over the 1987-2009 period}, author = {{D}efrance, {D}imitri and {D}elesalle, {E}. and {G}ubert, {F}lore}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his paper combines population and climate data to estimate the volume of migration induced by the drought events that have hit {M}ali since the late 1980s. {T}he results show that droughts have had the effect of decreasing net migration rates in the affected localities. {T}his is true for both men and women, regardless of their age. {T}he effect of drought episodes, however, is found to differ according to localities and households' capacity to adapt to climatic constraints: it fades in localities characterized by more diversified crops and in areas that receive more rainfall on average. {C}limate shocks also had an impact on international mobility: over the 2004-2009 period, around 2300 additional departures per year can be attributed to the droughts that hit {M}ali during the 2000s. {W}e forecast that, under different climate scenarios and population growth projections, mobility induced by drought events will substantially grow in the next decades.}, keywords = {climate change ; migration ; {M}ali ; {MALI}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}nvironment and {D}evelopment {E}conomics}, volume = {28}, numero = {2}, pages = {171--190}, ISSN = {1355-770{X}}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.1017/s1355770x22000183}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089891}, }