ISBN:
0821372238
,
0821372246
,
9780821372234
,
9780821372241
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vii, 78 p)
,
ill., map
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
Series Statement:
Environment and development
DDC:
339.4/9091724
Keywords:
Environmental health
;
Households Economic aspects
;
Infrastructure (Economics)
;
Natural resources
;
Poverty Environmental aspects
;
Environmental health
;
Households Economic aspects
;
Infrastructure (Economics)
;
Natural resources
;
Poverty Environmental aspects
;
Environmental health
;
Households
;
Infrastructure (Economics)
;
Natural resources
;
Poverty
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index
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