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This paper examines the possibility of environmental "development traps," or "brown poverty traps," caused by … may be a key element for avoiding an environmental poverty trap and achieving higher, sustained income levels …
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The literature is reviewed on the relationships between population, poverty, and climate change. While developed … that, in high fertility settings, fertility decline facilitates economic growth and poverty reduction. It also reduces the …
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This paper examines the effects of climate change on poverty through the relationship between indicators of climate … product and poverty. The evidence suggests that climate change could have a negative impact on poverty by 2030. The paper … domestic product per capita is used in a second equation to estimate municipal poverty on the same years. The authors then …
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Climate change is believed to represent a serious challenge to poverty reduction efforts around the globe. This paper … conducts an up-to-date review of three main strands of the literature analyzing the poverty impacts of climate change : (i … affect the path of poverty over the next decades; (ii) studies focusing on the poverty impacts of climate change in the …
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the non-poor, since they own the lion's share of agricultural land. The results suggest that poverty in India will be …
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Although much has been written about climate change and poverty as distinct and complex problems, the link between them …
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The climate change challenge and the growth of the Islamic finance industry, together with the increase in socially responsible investing, could position green sukuk as a key instrument for financing clean energy and resilient infrastructure projects as well as shorter-term energy efficiency...
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This paper investigates possible impacts of climate change on the poor communities of the Bangladesh Sundarbans via changes in aquatic salinity and mangrove species. The implications for poor communities are assessed by computing changes in high-value mangrove species for the five sub-districts...
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Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in …
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Fisheries constitute an important source of livelihoods for tens of thousands of poorpeople in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh living near the UNESCO Heritage Sundarbans mangrove forest, and they supply a significant portion of protein for millions. Among the various threats fisheries...
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