Development challenges in the age of climate change: the case of Sidama

By Seyoum Yunkura Hameso†

Abstract

Today, developing countries face distinctive challenges of development such as to

poverty reduction, growth and economic development. The growing concern with climate 

change presents additional challenges and opportunities to these countries. The paper 

explores development possibilities/challenges in the age of climate change on the basis of 

selected review of the literature on mainstreaming climate change to development. The 

themes under discussion relate to on-going empirical research on vulnerability and 

adaptionsto climate change in Ethiopia, the case of smallholder farmers in Sidama.

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