LEADER 04010nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910451563303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-19129-9 010 $a9786611191290 010 $a0-8213-7224-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000484122 035 $a(EBL)459771 035 $a(OCoLC)567936038 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088875 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11981252 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088875 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084279 035 $a(PQKB)10009993 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459771 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459771 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10212643 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL119129 035 $a(OCoLC)781297606 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000484122 100 $a20070802d2008 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPoverty and the environment$b[electronic resource] $eunderstanding linkages at the household level 210 $aWashington, DC $cThe World Bank$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (92 p.) 225 1 $aEnvironment and development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-7223-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index. 327 $aUnderstanding 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. 330 $aDrawing upon recent analytical work prepared inside and outside the World Bank, this report identifies key lessons concerning the linkages between poverty and the environment. With a focus on the contribution of environmental resources to household welfare, the analysis increases our understanding of how specific reforms and interventions can have an impact on the health and livelihoods of poor people. ""Scholars and development practitioners increasingly recognize that in low-income countries there are inextricable links between poverty reduction and natural resources management. Demand has g 410 0$aEnvironment and development (Washington, D.C.) 606 $aPoverty$xEnvironmental aspects$zDeveloping countries 606 $aHouseholds$xEconomic aspects$zDeveloping countries 606 $aInfrastructure (Economics)$zDeveloping countries 606 $aNatural resources$zDeveloping countries 606 $aEnvironmental health$zDeveloping countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoverty$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aHouseholds$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aInfrastructure (Economics) 615 0$aNatural resources 615 0$aEnvironmental health 676 $a339.4/9091724 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451563303321 996 $aPoverty and the environment$92454965 997 $aUNINA