Poverty and the environment
Subtitle: understanding linkages at the household level.
Contributors: World Bank.
Series: Environment and development; Environment and development (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: The World Bank
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780821372234; 9780821372241
Subjects: Poverty -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries; Households -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; Infrastructure (Economics) -- Developing countries; Natural resources -- Developing countries; Environmental health -- Developing countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding poverty-environment linkages at the household level; title: Poverty and environmental change at the macro scale; title: Environmental management and pathways to household welfare; title: Scope of the report; title: Some key conclusions; title: Local natural resources, poverty, and degradation: examining empirical regularities; title: The importance of environmental income to the poor; title: Commons as a source of insurance; title: The effect of growth on local resource use; title: Welfare impacts of degradation; title: The role of poverty in environmental change; title: Conclusions; title: Health outcomes and environmental pathogens; title: Theoretical linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions; title: Empirical evidence of linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions; title: How robust are the empirical findings?; title: Conclusions and tentative policy implications; title: Household welfare and policy reforms; title: Selected policy reforms: evidence from case studies; title: Challenges and data limitations; title: Conclusions; title: Directions for change; title: Use of local natural resources; title: Design principles for improving environmental health; title: Better data for monitoring change; title: Policy reforms for managing the environment and reducing poverty; title: Moving forward.