02975nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10212643 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070802s2008 dcuab sb i001 0 eng 2007031887 GBA784731 bnb 014101380 Uk 9780821372234 0821372238 9780821372241 (electronic) 0821372246 (electronic) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)567936038 d------ HC59.72.P6 P683 2008eb 339.4/9091724 22 Poverty and the environment [electronic resource] : understanding linkages at the household level. Washington, DC : The World Bank, c2008. vii, 78 p. : ill., map. Environment and development Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Poverty Environmental aspects Developing countries. Households Economic aspects Developing countries. Infrastructure (Economics) Developing countries. Natural resources Developing countries. Environmental health Developing countries. Electronic books. local World Bank. ebrary, Inc. Environment and development (Washington, D.C.) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10212643 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 229269 229269