TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Guimbeau, Amanda
AU  - Ji, Xinde James
AU  - Menon, Nidhiya
        TI  - Climate Shocks, Intimate Partner Violence, and the Protective Role of Climate-Resilience Projects
        PY  - 2024/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17529
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17529
        AB  - This study investigates the impact of climate change on intimate partner violence in Bangladesh and shows that policy can mitigate much if not all of the harmful consequences of climate shocks on women. Utilizing a novel dataset linking geo-referenced meteorological remote-sensed data with information on women's agency from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys, we find that dry shocks increase tolerance for intimate partner violence among women in poor and agriculture-dependent communities, amplifying existing social and environmental vulnerabilities. 
Climate resilience projects funded by the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (BCCT), a domestic climate fund, mitigate the negative impacts of dry shocks, highlighting the important role of such initiatives in generate positive spillover effects in ameliorating the negative social impacts of changing climate. We show that impacts are mitigated as these projects enhance resilience in agriculture by reducing the effects of droughts on acreage and yield in rainfed areas. Our findings underline the role of targeted policy interventions in fostering climate adaptation and wellbeing.
        KW  - climate change
KW  - women's agency
KW  - intimate partner violence
KW  - adaptation
KW  - mitigation
KW  - resilience
KW  - agriculture
KW  - Bangladesh
        ER  -