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The Poverty and Welfare Impacts of Climate Change Quantifying the Effects, Identifying the Adaptation Strategies

dc.contributor.author Skoufias, Emmanuel
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-31T15:07:49Z
dc.date.available 2012-07-31T15:07:49Z
dc.date.issued 2012-07-20
dc.description.abstract The continued decline in global poverty over the past 100 years particularly in the past three decades is a remarkable achievement. In 1981, 52 percent of the world population lived on less than $1.25 a day. By 2005, that rate had been cut in half, to 25.0 percent, and by 2008 to 22.2 percent (World Bank 2012). Preliminary estimates for 2010 indicate that the extreme poverty rate has fallen further still; if follow-up studies confirm this, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving world poverty will have been reached five years early (World Bank 2010). In recent years, poverty reduction has continued in most countries, even after the financial, food, and fuel shocks of 2008-09. Although poverty remains widespread in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, progress has been substantial: extreme poverty fell in South Asia from 54 percent in 1990 to 36 percent in 2008 (World Bank 2012). In Sub-Saharan Africa, where population growth exceeded the rate of poverty reduction, the number of extremely poor people increased from 290 million in 1990 to 356 million in 2008, yet over 2005-08, the region's poverty rate nonetheless 'fell 4.8 percentage points to less than 50 percent the largest drop in Sub-Saharan Africa since international poverty rates have been computed,' according to the latest edition of the World Development Indicators (WDI) (World Bank 2012). Although progress has been slower at the $2-a-day poverty line, the WDI noted that an increase in the absolute number of people living on $1.25-$2.00 a day reflects both the upward movement from extreme poverty and 'the vulnerabilities still faced by a great many people in the world.' climate change is likely to reduce agricultural productivity, especially in the tropical regions, and to directly affect poor people's livelihood assets including health, access to water and other natural resources, homes, and infrastructure (World Bank 2010). Moreover, increasing climatic variability manifesting as more frequent and erratic weather extremes, or 'weather shocks' will likely make poor households even more vulnerable, which could in turn exacerbate the incidence, severity, and persistence of poverty in developing countries. This volume not only surveys the research terrain concerning the effects of climate change on poverty but also looks closely at vulnerable rural populations (in a developing country, Indonesia, and in the newly industrialized Mexico) where weather shocks have measurable short term if not immediate effects on the farming livelihoods many depend on for both income and subsistence. The low-income farmers of rice in Indonesia and of corn and other staple crops in Mexico are at the human forefront of climate change. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16546569/poverty-welfare-impacts-climate-change-quantifying-effects-identifying-adaptation-strategies
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-8213-9611-7
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9384
dc.language English
dc.publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries Directions in Development ; Poverty
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject ABATEMENT POLICIES
dc.subject ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL YIELDS
dc.subject ALTITUDE
dc.subject ARID CLIMATES
dc.subject CALCULATION
dc.subject CAPS
dc.subject CARBON ENERGY
dc.subject CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject CHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject CLIMATE
dc.subject CLIMATE ACTION
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subject CLIMATE CONDITIONS
dc.subject CLIMATE DAMAGE
dc.subject CLIMATE DAMAGES
dc.subject CLIMATE EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject CLIMATE EXTREMES
dc.subject CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject CLIMATE-CHANGE
dc.subject CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIO
dc.subject CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS
dc.subject CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS
dc.subject CLIMATES
dc.subject CLIMATIC SHOCKS
dc.subject CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
dc.subject CLIMATIC VARIATION
dc.subject CLIMATOLOGISTS
dc.subject CO2
dc.subject COLORS
dc.subject CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subject CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subject CONSUMPTION IMPACTS
dc.subject CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subject COOLER TEMPERATURES
dc.subject COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject COUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subject CREDIT PROGRAMS
dc.subject DAMAGES
dc.subject DEGREE DAYS
dc.subject DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS
dc.subject ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC WELFARE
dc.subject ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject EMISSION
dc.subject EMISSION ABATEMENT
dc.subject EMISSION CONTROL
dc.subject EMISSIONS
dc.subject EMISSIONS CONTROL
dc.subject EMISSIONS MITIGATION
dc.subject EMISSIONS PATH
dc.subject EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS
dc.subject EXTREME DRY
dc.subject EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject EXTREME HEAT
dc.subject EXTREME HEAT EVENTS
dc.subject EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject EXTREME PRECIPITATION
dc.subject EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS
dc.subject EXTREME WEATHER
dc.subject EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subject FLOODS
dc.subject FOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subject FOOD CONSUMERS
dc.subject FOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subject FOOD POLICY
dc.subject FOOD PRICE
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject FOSSIL FUEL
dc.subject FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subject GHG
dc.subject GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE
dc.subject GLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subject GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject GREENHOUSE
dc.subject GREENHOUSE EFFECT
dc.subject GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject ICE CAPS
dc.subject IMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subject IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject IMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subject IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE
dc.subject IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject INCOME GROWTH
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INCOME RISK
dc.subject INCOME SHOCK
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INSURANCE MARKETS
dc.subject INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject IPCC
dc.subject IRRIGATION
dc.subject JOBS
dc.subject LAND DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject LAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject LAND REFORM
dc.subject LAND VALUE
dc.subject LOW RAINFALL
dc.subject LOW-CARBON
dc.subject MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subject MONETARY FUND
dc.subject NATIONAL INCOME
dc.subject NATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subject NEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject POLICY SCENARIOS
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POOR LIVING
dc.subject POOR REGIONS
dc.subject POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject POVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subject POVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subject POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE
dc.subject POVERTY IMPACT
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY LINES
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject POVERTY RATES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS
dc.subject POVERTY THRESHOLD
dc.subject PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES
dc.subject PRICE EFFECT
dc.subject PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject PUBLIC WORKS
dc.subject RAIN
dc.subject RAINFALL
dc.subject RELATIVE PRICE
dc.subject RESOURCE ECONOMICS
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject RISK SHARING
dc.subject RURAL
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL DISTRICTS
dc.subject RURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject RURAL LABOR
dc.subject RURAL POOR
dc.subject RURAL POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject RURAL POPULATIONS
dc.subject RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject RURAL POVERTY RATE
dc.subject RURAL WAGES
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
dc.subject SEASON
dc.subject SOCIAL FUNDS
dc.subject SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subject SUBSISTENCE
dc.subject SURFACE TEMPERATURE
dc.subject TARGETING
dc.subject TEMPERATURE DATA
dc.subject TEMPERATURE INCREASE
dc.subject TEMPERATURE INCREASES
dc.subject TEMPERATURES
dc.subject TOTAL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject TROPICAL REGIONS
dc.subject UNCERTAINTIES
dc.subject VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE
dc.subject WARMING CLIMATE
dc.subject WEATHER CONDITIONS
dc.subject WEATHER EXTREMES
dc.subject WEATHER PATTERNS
dc.subject WMO
dc.title The Poverty and Welfare Impacts of Climate Change Quantifying the Effects, Identifying the Adaptation Strategies en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Climate Change
okr.date.disclosure 2012-07-25
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16546569/poverty-welfare-impacts-climate-change-quantifying-effects-identifying-adaptation-strategies
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Environment and Natural Resources
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-0-8213-9611-7
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000386194_20120727043225
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 16546569
okr.identifier.report 71451
okr.language.supported en
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okr.topic Science and Technology Development :: Science of Climate Change
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Climate Change Economics
okr.topic Environment :: Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Regional Economic Development
okr.unit Poverty Reduction and Equity (PRMPR)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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