Poverty and the environment : understanding linkages at the household level.
Material type: TextSeries: Environment and developmentPublication details: Washington : The World Bank , cop. 2008. Description: VII, 78 p. : gráf. ; 23 cm. -ISBN: 9780821372234; 0821372238; 9780821372241 (electronic); 0821372246 (electronic)Subject(s): Medio ambiente y desarrollo | Desarrollo sostenible | Recursos naturales | Degradación del medio ambiente | Pobreza | Países menos desarrolladosOther classification: h3 Online resources: Click here to access onlineItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Monografías | Ceida | H3 POV | Available | CEIDA00003890 |
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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
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