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

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,...

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Main Author:	Skoufias, Emmanuel
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT POLICIES ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL YIELDS ALTITUDE ARID CLIMATES CALCULATION CAPS CARBON ENERGY CASH TRANSFERS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD MORTALITY CLIMATE CLIMATE ACTION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DAMAGE CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE EQUILIBRIUM CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATES CLIMATIC SHOCKS CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CLIMATIC VARIATION CLIMATOLOGISTS CO2 COLORS CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION IMPACTS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS COOLER TEMPERATURES COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COUNTERFACTUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS DAMAGES DEGREE DAYS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC WELFARE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSION CONTROL EMISSIONS EMISSIONS CONTROL EMISSIONS MITIGATION EMISSIONS PATH EMISSIONS SCENARIOS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS EXTREME DRY EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME HEAT EXTREME HEAT EVENTS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FARMERS FINANCIAL SECTOR FLOODS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMERS FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOSSIL FUEL FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GHG GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL ICE CAPS IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME RISK INCOME SHOCK INEQUALITY INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRIGATION JOBS LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND REFORM LAND VALUE LOW RAINFALL LOW-CARBON MARKET FAILURES METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION MONETARY FUND NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL POVERTY NEGATIVE IMPACT NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY SCENARIOS POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR REGIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY THRESHOLD PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES PRICE EFFECT PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC WORKS RAIN RAINFALL RELATIVE PRICE RESOURCE ECONOMICS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK SHARING RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL POOR RURAL POOR PEOPLE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL WAGES SAVINGS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEASON SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SUBSISTENCE SURFACE TEMPERATURE TARGETING TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURE INCREASE TEMPERATURE INCREASES TEMPERATURES TOTAL CONSUMPTION TROPICAL REGIONS UNCERTAINTIES VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EXTREMES WEATHER PATTERNS WMO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16546569/poverty-welfare-impacts-climate-change-quantifying-effects-identifying-adaptation-strategies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9384