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This article is part of a section on [[Resilient WASH systems in drought-prone areas|resilience of WASH systems]].
Drought has the potential to cause or worsen other disasters. Some effects on poverty, gender, conflict and power generation are outlined below.
====Poverty and food insecurity====
[[Image:india-poverty-drought.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Crops are ruined by floods or drought, causing poverty. Photo: [http://www.backpacking-tips-asia.com/india-poverty.html Backpacking Tips Asia.]]]
Drought causes increased poverty and food insecurity. Where drought events often occur with such frequency that people have no time to recover before another drought hits, their usual coping strategies for normal cyclical drought become inadequate. This results in increasing poverty and chronic food insecurity.