UID:
almafu_9958121957902883
Format:
pages cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8213-9612-9
Series Statement:
Directions in development
Content:
Over the past century, the world has seen a sustained decline in the proportion of people living in poverty, but climate change could challenge poverty reduction efforts. On the Poverty and Welfare Impacts of Climate Change: Quantifying the Effects, Identifying the Adaptation Strategies surveys the relevant research on how climate change may affect global poverty rates and presents country-specific studies with implications for low-income rural populations as well as governments' risk management programs.An evidence review examines three main strands of the literature. Unsurprisingly, the impa
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Editor and Authors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Disquiet on the Weather Front: Implications of Climate Change for Poverty Reduction; Introduction; Climate Change in a Rural Context; Pioneering Research Models; Introducing Heterogeneity; Contributions of This Volume; Conclusions and Some Policy Implications; Notes; References; Chapter 2 The Forecast for Poverty: A Review of the Evidence; Introduction; Climate Change and Global Poverty: The Aggregate Perspective
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Introducing Heterogeneity: The Microeconomic ApproachKey Messages and Policy Considerations; Annex 2A Using the RICE Model to Estimate Poverty Impacts of Climate Change; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Too Little Too Late: Welfare Impacts of Rainfall Shocks in Rural Indonesia; Introduction; Methodology; Weather and Survey Data; Empirical Results; Conclusions and Policy Considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Timing Is Everything: How Weather Shocks Affect Household Welfare in Rural Mexico; Introduction; Mexico's Climate and Agriculture; Household, Climate, and Agricultural Data Sources
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Empirical AnalysisConclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Growing Precious Resources: Climate Variability and Child Height in Rural Mexico; Introduction; Erratic Weather and Health; Traditional Agricultural Adaptation; Focus on Early Childhood Health, Growth; Height-for-Age as a Proxy for Health; Overview of Findings; Chapter Structure; Past Research: The Weather- Consumption-Health Nexus; Context and Methodology; Results: How Weather Shocks Affect Rural Children's Height; Discussion and Conclusions; Notes; References; Back Cover
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-9611-0
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
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Volltext
(kostenfrei)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-9611-7
