Early Action against drought induced food insecurity: An agent-based exploratory modelling study comparing different cash transfer policies to minimize household food insecurity in Kenya

One of the substantial causes for food insecurity in an area is drought. Drought is a very insidious disaster. Unlike rapid onset disasters, like an earthquake or flood, it increases its grasp over an area over time. The longer the drought lasts, the more an area is destroyed leaving devastating effects that can last many years. The impacts of...

Impact and response to local dynamics for climate adaptation investments: An agent-based modelling study combined with top-down climate scenarios to explore interventions for climate adaptation in developing countries, applied to the Dutch Development Bank’s cocoa investments in Ghana

Development Finance Institutions have been established to provide finance for long-term economic development in low and middle-income countries. However, these investments are exposed to climate-related risks. This means that Development Finance Institutions need to explore climate adaptation interventions, particularly in view of the fact that...

Creating a bias in inspection data: Exploring the medium- to long-term effects of data-driven risk-based regulation

Monitoring organisations are currently in a transition phase towards risk-based inspections using data models and algorithms in order to increase their efficiency and transparancy. The use of data by monitoring organisations has several benefits, but can at the same time have negative effects in the medium- to long-term. This study explores...