The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic
Environmental degradation can inflict serious damage on poor people because their livelihoods often depend on natural resource use and their living conditions may offer little protection from air, water, and soil pollution. At the same time, povert...
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ABSOLUTE POVERTY DEFORESTATION SOIL DEGRADATION INDOOR AIR POLLUTION CONTAMINATION WATER QUALITY SEWAGE EFFLUENT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL POTABLE WATER SOIL DEPLETION SOIL EROSION SOIL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS DATA GATHERING ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ACID RAIN AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR TOXINS AVAILABLE DATA BIODIVERSITY CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS DATA COLLECTION DEFORESTATION DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STUDIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCRIMINATION DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC POLICIES EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ETHNIC GROUPS EXPLOITATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FISHERIES FOREST COVER FORESTRY FORESTS FUEL FUEL USE FUEL WOOD FUELS GAS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEALTH PROBLEM HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HOUSING QUALITY INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS JOINT IMPLEMENTATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND DEGRADATION LAND ECONOMICS LANDS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL LEVELS LOGGING MAPPING POVERTY MARGINAL LANDS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHERS NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PESTICIDES POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION LEVELS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIORITIES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY TRAP PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RAINFALL REDUCING POVERTY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH PROJECTS RESOURCE CONSERVATION RESOURCE USE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL POLLUTION SOILS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE UNDP UNITED NATIONS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY |
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ABSOLUTE POVERTY DEFORESTATION SOIL DEGRADATION INDOOR AIR POLLUTION CONTAMINATION WATER QUALITY SEWAGE EFFLUENT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL POTABLE WATER SOIL DEPLETION SOIL EROSION SOIL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS DATA GATHERING ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ACID RAIN AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR TOXINS AVAILABLE DATA BIODIVERSITY CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS DATA COLLECTION DEFORESTATION DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STUDIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCRIMINATION DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC POLICIES EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ETHNIC GROUPS EXPLOITATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FISHERIES FOREST COVER FORESTRY FORESTS FUEL FUEL USE FUEL WOOD FUELS GAS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEALTH PROBLEM HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HOUSING QUALITY INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS JOINT IMPLEMENTATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND DEGRADATION LAND ECONOMICS LANDS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL LEVELS LOGGING MAPPING POVERTY MARGINAL LANDS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHERS NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PESTICIDES POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION LEVELS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIORITIES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY TRAP PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RAINFALL REDUCING POVERTY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH PROJECTS RESOURCE CONSERVATION RESOURCE USE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL POLLUTION SOILS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE UNDP UNITED NATIONS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY Dasgupta, Susmita Deichmann, Uwe Meisner, Craig Wheeler, David The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2960 |
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Environmental degradation can inflict
serious damage on poor people because their livelihoods
often depend on natural resource use and their living
conditions may offer little protection from air, water, and
soil pollution. At the same time, poverty-constrained
options may induce the poor to deplete resources and degrade
the environment at rates that are incompatible with
long-term sustainability. In such cases, degraded resources
may precipitate a downward spiral, by further reducing the
income and livelihoods of the poor. This
"poverty/environment nexus" has become a major
issue in the recent literature on sustainable development.
In regions where the nexus is significant, jointly
addressing problems of poverty and environmental degradation
may be more cost-effective than addressing them separately.
Empirical evidence on the prevalence and importance of the
poverty/environment nexus is sparse because the requisite
data are often difficult to obtain in developing countries.
The authors use newly available spatial and survey data to
investigate the spatial dimension of the nexus in Cambodia,
and Lao People's Democratic Republic. The data enable
the authors to quantify several environmental problems at
the district and provincial level. In a parallel exercise,
they map the provincial distribution of poor households.
Merging the geographic information on poverty and the
environment, the authors search for the nexus using
geo-referenced indicator maps and statistical analysis. The
results suggest that the nexus is country-specific:
geographical, historical, and institutional factors may all
play important roles in determining the relative importance
of poverty and environment links in different contexts.
Joint implementation of poverty and environment strategies
may be cost-effective for some environmental problems, but
independent implementation may be preferable in many cases
as well. Since the search has not revealed a common nexus,
the authors conclude on a cautionary note. The evidence
suggests that the nexus concept can provide a useful
catalyst for country-specific work, but not a general
formula for program design. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Dasgupta, Susmita Deichmann, Uwe Meisner, Craig Wheeler, David |
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Dasgupta, Susmita Deichmann, Uwe Meisner, Craig Wheeler, David |
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Dasgupta, Susmita |
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The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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poverty/environment nexus in cambodia and lao people's democratic republic |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-191722021-04-23T14:03:42Z The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic Dasgupta, Susmita Deichmann, Uwe Meisner, Craig Wheeler, David ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ABSOLUTE POVERTY DEFORESTATION SOIL DEGRADATION INDOOR AIR POLLUTION CONTAMINATION WATER QUALITY SEWAGE EFFLUENT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL POTABLE WATER SOIL DEPLETION SOIL EROSION SOIL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS DATA GATHERING ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ACID RAIN AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR TOXINS AVAILABLE DATA BIODIVERSITY CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS DATA COLLECTION DEFORESTATION DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STUDIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCRIMINATION DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC POLICIES EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ETHNIC GROUPS EXPLOITATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FISHERIES FOREST COVER FORESTRY FORESTS FUEL FUEL USE FUEL WOOD FUELS GAS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEALTH PROBLEM HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HOUSING QUALITY INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS JOINT IMPLEMENTATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND DEGRADATION LAND ECONOMICS LANDS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL LEVELS LOGGING MAPPING POVERTY MARGINAL LANDS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHERS NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PESTICIDES POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION LEVELS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIORITIES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY TRAP PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RAINFALL REDUCING POVERTY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH PROJECTS RESOURCE CONSERVATION RESOURCE USE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL POLLUTION SOILS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE UNDP UNITED NATIONS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY Environmental degradation can inflict serious damage on poor people because their livelihoods often depend on natural resource use and their living conditions may offer little protection from air, water, and soil pollution. At the same time, poverty-constrained options may induce the poor to deplete resources and degrade the environment at rates that are incompatible with long-term sustainability. In such cases, degraded resources may precipitate a downward spiral, by further reducing the income and livelihoods of the poor. This "poverty/environment nexus" has become a major issue in the recent literature on sustainable development. In regions where the nexus is significant, jointly addressing problems of poverty and environmental degradation may be more cost-effective than addressing them separately. Empirical evidence on the prevalence and importance of the poverty/environment nexus is sparse because the requisite data are often difficult to obtain in developing countries. The authors use newly available spatial and survey data to investigate the spatial dimension of the nexus in Cambodia, and Lao People's Democratic Republic. The data enable the authors to quantify several environmental problems at the district and provincial level. In a parallel exercise, they map the provincial distribution of poor households. Merging the geographic information on poverty and the environment, the authors search for the nexus using geo-referenced indicator maps and statistical analysis. The results suggest that the nexus is country-specific: geographical, historical, and institutional factors may all play important roles in determining the relative importance of poverty and environment links in different contexts. Joint implementation of poverty and environment strategies may be cost-effective for some environmental problems, but independent implementation may be preferable in many cases as well. Since the search has not revealed a common nexus, the authors conclude on a cautionary note. The evidence suggests that the nexus concept can provide a useful catalyst for country-specific work, but not a general formula for program design. 2014-08-01T15:31:48Z 2014-08-01T15:31:48Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2128867/povertyenvironment-nexus-cambodia-lao-peoples-democratic-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19172 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2960 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific |