TY  - BOOK
ED  - World Bank.
TI  - Poverty and the environment : understanding linkages at the household level
T2  - Environment and development
SN  - 9780821372234
AV  - HC59.72 .P68 2008
U1  - 339.4/9091724 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Households
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Infrastructure (Economics)
KW  - Natural resources
KW  - Environmental health
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0724/2007031887.html
ER  -