On the poverty and welfare impacts of climate change [[electronic resource] ] : quantifying the effects, identifying the adaptation strategies / / Emmanuel Skoufias, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington D.C., : World Bank, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.4/6091724
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - Developing countries; Income distribution - Developing countries; Climatic changes - Social aspects - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SkoufiasEmmanuel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Editor and Authors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Disquiet on the Weather Front: Implications of Climate Change for Poverty Reduction; Introduction; Climate Change in a Rural Context; Pioneering Research Models; Introducing Heterogeneity; Contributions of This Volume; Conclusions and Some Policy Implications; Notes; References; Chapter 2 The Forecast for Poverty: A Review of the Evidence; Introduction; Climate Change and Global Poverty: The Aggregate Perspective ; Introducing Heterogeneity: The Microeconomic ApproachKey Messages and Policy Considerations; Annex 2A Using the RICE Model to Estimate Poverty Impacts of Climate Change; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Too Little Too Late: Welfare Impacts of Rainfall Shocks in Rural Indonesia; Introduction; Methodology; Weather and Survey Data; Empirical Results; Conclusions and Policy Considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Timing Is Everything: How Weather Shocks Affect Household Welfare in Rural Mexico; Introduction; Mexico's Climate and Agriculture; Household, Climate, and Agricultural Data Sources ; Empirical AnalysisConclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Growing Precious Resources: Climate Variability and Child Height in Rural Mexico; Introduction; Erratic Weather and Health; Traditional Agricultural Adaptation; Focus on Early Childhood Health, Growth; Height-for-Age as a Proxy for Health; Overview of Findings; Chapter Structure; Past Research: The Weather- Consumption-Health Nexus; Context and Methodology; Results: How Weather Shocks Affect Rural Children's Height; Discussion and Conclusions; Notes; References; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the past century, the world has seen a sustained decline in the proportion of people living in poverty, but climate change could challenge poverty reduction efforts. On the Poverty and Welfare Impacts of Climate Change: Quantifying the Effects, Identifying the Adaptation Strategies surveys the relevant research on how climate change may affect global poverty rates and presents country-specific studies with implications for low-income rural populations as well as governments' risk management programs.An evidence review examines three main strands of the literature. Unsurprisingly, the impa
• Titolo autorizzato: On the poverty and welfare impacts of climate change
• ISBN: 0-8213-9612-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462269303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in Development