Ebb and Flow : Volume 1. Water, Migration, and Development

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Focus of the Report -- Taking a Global, Long-Run Perspective -- Stay or Go: Why and in What Context Do Water Shocks Induce Migration? -- Water, Migration, and Human Capital Spillovers: Who Are the Typical Migrants and What Human Capital Do They Carry with Them? -- The Cost of Day Zero Events: What Are the Development Implications for Shocks in the City? -- Going with the Flow: The Policy Challenge -- References -- Chapter One Transitions and Transformations -- Introduction -- Focus of the Report -- Climate Change and the Increasing Variability of Rainfall -- Learning about Water's Role in Global Migration from Half a Billion Individual Records -- Social Dimensions of Migration -- Structure of the Report -- References -- Spotlight Inequality, Social Cohesion, and the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis at the Nexus of Water and Migration -- Chapter Two Stay or Go? -- Key Highlights -- Introduction -- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Estimating the Impacts of Water Shocks on Migration Decisions -- Does Buffering Rural Income from Rainfall Shocks Influence Migration? -- Irrigation Costs and Forest Loss -- Water as a Conduit for Development -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Three Water, Migration, and Human Capital Spillovers -- Key Highlights -- Introduction: The Human Capital Channel -- From Temporal to Spatial Spillovers -- Water Shocks, Distress Migration, and Workers' Skills -- Productivity, Growth, and Welfare -- Adaptation Strategies, Adjustment Channels, and Regional Specificities -- Implications for Development Policy -- Note -- References -- Chapter Four The Cost of Day Zero Events -- Key Highlights -- A Historical Perspective on Droughts and Cities -- Learn from the Past or Be Doomed to Repeat It -- The Importance of Water for Growth.