understanding linkages at the household level World Bank ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. dcu Washington, DC The World Bank c2008 2008 monographic eng

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vii, 78 p. : ill., map. 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. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. d------ Poverty Environmental aspects Developing countries Households Economic aspects Developing countries Infrastructure (Economics) Developing countries Natural resources Developing countries Environmental health Developing countries HC59.72.P6 P683 2008eb 339.4/9091724 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10212643 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10212643 CaPaEBR 070802 ebr10212643