1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466019203321

Autore

Khandker Shahidur R.

Titolo

Beyond ending poverty : the dynamics of microfinance in Bangladesh / / Shahidur R. Khandker, M. A. Baqui Khalily, and Hussain A. Samad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4648-0895-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

Directions in Development - Poverty

Disciplina

332.742

Soggetti

Microfinance - Bangladesh

Debt - Bangladesh

Consumption (Economics) - Bangladesh

Poor - Bangladesh - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2016."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- About the authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Rural nonfarm growth and poverty reduction -- Institutional growth and MFI performance -- Dynamics of microfinance benefits -- Are borrowers overindebted? -- Role of microfinance in poverty transition -- Diversification of income and employment : how does microfinance affect agriculture? -- Distributional impacts -- Effects of noncredit participation -- Does microfinance pay off? -- Beyond ending poverty -- Appendix A: Data description -- Appendix B: Alternative models to estimate the impact of microfinance.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910639989803321

Autore

Costa Maria João

Titolo

Air Quality Research Using Remote Sensing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

ISBN

3-0365-5894-2

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (190 p.)

Soggetti

Research & information: general

Meteorology & climatology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Air pollution is a worldwide environmental hazard that poses serious consequences not only for human health and the climate but also for agriculture, ecosystems, and cultural heritage, among other factors. According to the WHO, there are 8 million premature deaths every year as a result of exposure to ambient air pollution. In addition, more than 90% of the world’s population live in areas where the air quality is poor, exceeding the recommended limits. On the other hand, air pollution and the climate co-influence one another through complex physicochemical interactions in the atmosphere that alter the Earth’s energy balance and have implications for climate change and the air quality. It is important to measure specific atmospheric parameters and pollutant compound concentrations, monitor their variations, and analyze different scenarios with the aim of assessing the air pollution levels and developing early warning and forecast systems as a means of improving the air quality and safeguarding public health. Such measures can also form part of efforts to achieve a reduction in the number of air pollution casualties and mitigate climate change phenomena. This book contains contributions focusing on remote sensing techniques for evaluating air quality, including the use of in situ data, modeling approaches, and the synthesis of different instrumentations and techniques. The papers published in this book highlight the importance and relevance of air quality studies and the



potential of remote sensing, particularly that conducted from Earth observation platforms, to shed light on this topic.