World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132012-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11051Gender-poverty-environment links: a focus on the links between gender disparity, poverty and environmental degradation is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for improving the lives of poor women and men. Acknowledging the ways in which relationships between the environment, society and the economy are gendered opens space for new approaches to poverty reduction, environmental conservation and gender equality. The Social Development Department (SDV) of the World Bank conducted in-depth studies in Ethiopia and Ghana to advance understanding of the dynamics underlying negative spirals of poverty, environmental degradation, and gender inequality, and how to foster a positive synergy in the sustainable development sector e.g. energy, agriculture, natural resource management, water, urban development, and transport. An important component of the study design was an online discussion within and outside World Bank on findings from the country case studies to ground truth the potential for wider application in other countries; and to collect and share additional good practice cases that address gender-environment-poverty-links from as broad a range of countries as possible.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO LANDACCESS TO RESOURCESADVOCACYAGRICULTUREAUDITSBASIC EDUCATIONBIODIVERSITYBIRTH SPACINGCAPACITY BUILDINGCARBONCHILD MORTALITYCITIZENCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCIVIL WARCLIMATE CHANGECOMMON PROPERTYCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKCUSTOMARY LAWDECENTRALIZATIONDECISION MAKINGDECISION MAKING POSITIONSDEFORESTATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISASTERSECOLOGYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESELDERLYEMPOWERING WOMENEMPOWERMENTENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL CHANGEENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEQUAL ACCESSEQUITABLE ACCESSFAMILY PLANNINGFEMALEFEMALE HEADSFEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDFERTILITYFOOD INSECURITYFOOD SECURITYFOREST COVERFORESTRYGENDERGENDER ACTIONGENDER ANALYSISGENDER COMPOSITIONGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIMENSIONGENDER DISPARITYGENDER DIVIDEGENDER EQUALITYGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER ROLESGENDER STEREOTYPESGENDER TRAININGGIRLSHUMAN SECURITYILLITERACYINDIGENOUS PEOPLEINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINFANTINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONSISSUE OF GENDERLACK OF INFORMATIONLAND TENURELAWSLOGGINGMARGINALIZATIONMIGRATIONNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESOLD AGEOPPORTUNITY COSTSPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPOOR FAMILIESPOOR WOMENPOPULATION PRESSUREPRACTITIONERSPRODUCTIVE RESOURCESPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC GOODQUOTASREDUCING EMISSIONSREPRESENTATION OF WOMENRESOURCE MANAGEMENTRISK MANAGEMENTROLE OF WOMENRURAL AREASRURAL WOMENSANITATIONSEA LEVELSEXSHELTERSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSUBSISTENCE LIVELIHOODSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICYSUSTAINABLE GROWTHURBAN DEVELOPMENTVIOLENCEVULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTSWILLWOMANWOMEN LEADERSWOODWorld Bank10.1596/11051