Poverty and the environment : understanding linkages at the household level.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Banco Mundial
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2008.
Colección:Environment and development (Washington, D.C.)
Materias:
Pobreza > Aspectos ambientales > Países en desarrollo.
Hogar > Aspectos económicos > Países en desarrollo.
Salud ambiental > Países en desarrollo.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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