World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change

Thirty years ago, half the developing world lived in extreme poverty today, a quarter. Now, a much smaller share of children are malnourished and at risk of early death. And access to modern infrastructure is much more widespread. Critical to the p...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AIR
GDP
GNP
WAR
WTO
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topic AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR FREIGHT
AIRCRAFT
AIRPORTS
ARTERIES
BARRIER
BASIC EDUCATION
BIG CITIES
BUYERS
CARS
CATALYSTS
CENTRAL PLANNING
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMON MARKET
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUTERS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION
CONGESTION
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
CONTRIBUTIONS
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER
CROSSING
CURRENCY
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DIRECT ACCESS
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DRINKING WATER
DRIVERS
DYNAMIC ECONOMIES
DYNAMIC ECONOMY
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMBALANCE
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMISSIONS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
FREIGHT COSTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBALIZATION
GNP
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAYS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
ILLITERACY
IMMIGRATION
IMPORTANT POLICY
INCOME
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME TAX
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEFFICIENCY
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INTERNAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
JOURNEY
KIDS
LARGE CITIES
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFETIME
LITERACY RATES
LIVING STANDARD
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL ECONOMY
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOMES
LOW-INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MERCANTILISM
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILITY
MORTALITY
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL LEVELS
NEIGHBORHOODS
NUTRITION
PACE OF URBANIZATION
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PERSISTENT POVERTY
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESPONSE
POOR NATIONS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION DENSITIES
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
PORTFOLIO
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
PREFERENTIAL ACCESS
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROFIT MARGINS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASING POWER
RAILWAY
RAILWAYS
RAPID GROWTH
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
REMOTE AREAS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RICHER COUNTRIES
ROAD
ROADS
RURAL AREAS
SANITATION
SENIOR
SHARE OF CAPITAL
SLUM DWELLERS
SMALL COUNTRY
SOCIAL POLICIES
SPEEDS
STREETS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADES
TRAINS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY
TRIP
TRUE
UNDERLYING PROBLEM
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
URBAN SETTLEMENTS
URBANIZATION
URBANIZED COUNTRIES
VALUABLE
WAGES
WAR
WEALTH
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WORTH
WTO
spellingShingle AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR FREIGHT
AIRCRAFT
AIRPORTS
ARTERIES
BARRIER
BASIC EDUCATION
BIG CITIES
BUYERS
CARS
CATALYSTS
CENTRAL PLANNING
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMON MARKET
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUTERS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION
CONGESTION
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
CONTRIBUTIONS
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER
CROSSING
CURRENCY
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DIRECT ACCESS
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DRINKING WATER
DRIVERS
DYNAMIC ECONOMIES
DYNAMIC ECONOMY
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMBALANCE
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMISSIONS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
FREIGHT COSTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBALIZATION
GNP
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAYS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
ILLITERACY
IMMIGRATION
IMPORTANT POLICY
INCOME
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME TAX
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEFFICIENCY
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INTERNAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
JOURNEY
KIDS
LARGE CITIES
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFETIME
LITERACY RATES
LIVING STANDARD
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL ECONOMY
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOMES
LOW-INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MERCANTILISM
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILITY
MORTALITY
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL LEVELS
NEIGHBORHOODS
NUTRITION
PACE OF URBANIZATION
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PERSISTENT POVERTY
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESPONSE
POOR NATIONS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION DENSITIES
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
PORTFOLIO
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
PREFERENTIAL ACCESS
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROFIT MARGINS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASING POWER
RAILWAY
RAILWAYS
RAPID GROWTH
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
REMOTE AREAS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RICHER COUNTRIES
ROAD
ROADS
RURAL AREAS
SANITATION
SENIOR
SHARE OF CAPITAL
SLUM DWELLERS
SMALL COUNTRY
SOCIAL POLICIES
SPEEDS
STREETS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADES
TRAINS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY
TRIP
TRUE
UNDERLYING PROBLEM
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
URBAN SETTLEMENTS
URBANIZATION
URBANIZED COUNTRIES
VALUABLE
WAGES
WAR
WEALTH
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WORTH
WTO
World Bank
World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change
description Thirty years ago, half the developing world lived in extreme poverty today, a quarter. Now, a much smaller share of children are malnourished and at risk of early death. And access to modern infrastructure is much more widespread. Critical to the progress: rapid economic growth driven by technological innovation and institutional reform, particularly in today's middle- income countries, where per capita incomes have doubled. Yet the needs remain enormous, with the number of hungry people having passed the billion marks this year for the first time in history. With so many still in poverty and hunger, growth and poverty alleviation remain the overarching priority for developing countries. Climate change only makes the challenge more complicated. First, the impacts of a changing climate are already being felt, with more droughts, more floods, more strong storms, and more heat waves-taxing individuals, firms, and governments, drawing resources away from development. Second, continuing climate change, at current rates, will pose increasingly severe challenges to development. By century's end, it could lead to warming of 5°C or more compared with preindustrial times and to a vastly different world from today, with more extreme weather events, most ecosystems stressed and changing, many species doomed to extinction, and whole island nations threatened by inundation. Even our best efforts are unlikely to stabilize temperatures at anything less than 2°C above preindustrial temperatures, warming that will require substantial adaptation. High income countries can and must reduce their carbon footprints. They cannot continue to fill up an unfair and unsustainable share of the atmospheric commons. But developing countries whose average per capita emissions are a third those of high income countries need massive expansions in energy, transport, urban systems, and agricultural production. If pursued using traditional technologies and carbon intensities, these much-needed expansions will produce more greenhouse gases and, hence, more climate change. The question, then, is not just how to make development more resilient to climate change. It is how to pursue growth and prosperity without causing "dangerous" climate change.
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title World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change
title_short World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change
title_full World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change
title_fullStr World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change
title_full_unstemmed World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change
title_sort world development report 2010 : development and climate change
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
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spelling okr-10986-43872021-04-23T14:02:17Z World Development Report 2010 : Development and Climate Change World Bank AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURE AIR AIR FREIGHT AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS ARTERIES BARRIER BASIC EDUCATION BIG CITIES BUYERS CARS CATALYSTS CENTRAL PLANNING CLIMATE CHANGE COMMON MARKET COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUTERS COMPETITIVENESS CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION CONGESTION CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONTRIBUTIONS COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER CROSSING CURRENCY DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DIRECT ACCESS DISPOSABLE INCOME DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC MARKETS DRINKING WATER DRIVERS DYNAMIC ECONOMIES DYNAMIC ECONOMY EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMBALANCE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC PROGRESS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMISSIONS EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREIGHT COSTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GNP GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HIGHWAY HIGHWAYS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ILLITERACY IMMIGRATION IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME LEVELS INCOME TAX INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INEFFICIENCY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOURNEY KIDS LARGE CITIES LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFETIME LITERACY RATES LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL ECONOMY LOW INCOME LOW INCOMES LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONDITIONS MERCANTILISM MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOBILE PHONE MOBILITY MORTALITY MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL LEVELS NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION PACE OF URBANIZATION PER CAPITA INCOMES PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESPONSE POOR NATIONS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH PORTFOLIO POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROFIT MARGINS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER RAILWAY RAILWAYS RAPID GROWTH REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REMOTE AREAS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RICHER COUNTRIES ROAD ROADS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SENIOR SHARE OF CAPITAL SLUM DWELLERS SMALL COUNTRY SOCIAL POLICIES SPEEDS STREETS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADES TRAINS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY TRIP TRUE UNDERLYING PROBLEM UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBANIZATION URBANIZED COUNTRIES VALUABLE WAGES WAR WEALTH WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WORTH WTO Thirty years ago, half the developing world lived in extreme poverty today, a quarter. Now, a much smaller share of children are malnourished and at risk of early death. And access to modern infrastructure is much more widespread. Critical to the progress: rapid economic growth driven by technological innovation and institutional reform, particularly in today's middle- income countries, where per capita incomes have doubled. Yet the needs remain enormous, with the number of hungry people having passed the billion marks this year for the first time in history. With so many still in poverty and hunger, growth and poverty alleviation remain the overarching priority for developing countries. Climate change only makes the challenge more complicated. First, the impacts of a changing climate are already being felt, with more droughts, more floods, more strong storms, and more heat waves-taxing individuals, firms, and governments, drawing resources away from development. Second, continuing climate change, at current rates, will pose increasingly severe challenges to development. By century's end, it could lead to warming of 5°C or more compared with preindustrial times and to a vastly different world from today, with more extreme weather events, most ecosystems stressed and changing, many species doomed to extinction, and whole island nations threatened by inundation. Even our best efforts are unlikely to stabilize temperatures at anything less than 2°C above preindustrial temperatures, warming that will require substantial adaptation. High income countries can and must reduce their carbon footprints. They cannot continue to fill up an unfair and unsustainable share of the atmospheric commons. But developing countries whose average per capita emissions are a third those of high income countries need massive expansions in energy, transport, urban systems, and agricultural production. If pursued using traditional technologies and carbon intensities, these much-needed expansions will produce more greenhouse gases and, hence, more climate change. The question, then, is not just how to make development more resilient to climate change. It is how to pursue growth and prosperity without causing "dangerous" climate change. 2012-03-19T19:17:01Z 2012-03-19T19:17:01Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20100222030300 978-0-8213-7987-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4387 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication