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Droughts don’t just dry up water — they drain livelihoods and weaken local economies

By S. Mehmet Ozsoy, Assistant Professor of Finance, Concordia University
Erkan Yonder, Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate, Concordia University

New research has found that a two-year drought can have the same economic impact on a region as a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate.

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