UID:
almahu_9949190432902882
Format:
vii, 78 pages :
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illustrations, map ;
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23 cm.
ISBN:
0821372238
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0821372246 (electronic)
,
9780821372234
,
9780821372241 (electronic)
Series Statement:
Environment and development
Note:
Understanding poverty-environment linkages at the household level -- Poverty and environmental change at the macro scale -- Environmental management and pathways to household welfare -- Scope of the report -- Some key conclusions -- Local natural resources, poverty, and degradation: examining empirical regularities -- The importance of environmental income to the poor -- Commons as a source of insurance -- The effect of growth on local resource use -- Welfare impacts of degradation -- The role of poverty in environmental change -- Conclusions -- Health outcomes and environmental pathogens -- Theoretical linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions -- Empirical evidence of linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions -- How robust are the empirical findings? -- Conclusions and tentative policy implications -- Household welfare and policy reforms -- Selected policy reforms: evidence from case studies -- Challenges and data limitations -- Conclusions -- Directions for change -- Use of local natural resources -- Design principles for improving environmental health -- Better data for monitoring change -- Policy reforms for managing the environment and reducing poverty -- Moving forward.
Additional Edition:
Print Version: ISBN 9780821372234
Language:
English
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7223-4
