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The Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty in 2030 and the Potential from Rapid, Inclusive, and Climate-Informed Development

Rozenberg, Julie - 2017

selected from these hundreds. One scenario is optimistic regarding poverty and is labeled ?prosperity;? the other scenario is … all regions. But the magnitude of these impacts depends on development choices. In the prosperity scenario with rapid … scenario) …

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Making the Most of Demographic Change in Southern Africa

Ahmed, S. Amer - 2017

business-as-usual scenario of economic development, if employment rates are at least maintained. The magnitude of the …, savings-investment, and employment. Scenario analyses of these different policy outcomes interacting with the shifting age …

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Scenarios : Leapfrog, Lock-In, and Lopsided

Leifman, Michael Meir - 2019

attributable to the actions (or in some cases, inaction) of policy makers and incumbents. For each scenario, the paper presents … part of that theme is how countries can avoid lock-in, or how they might become derailed into a lopsided scenario. Some … to recognize that multiple combinations of these behaviors can lead to a lock-in or lopsided scenario. In addition to …

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Climate Change, Conflict, and Cooperation : Global Analysis of the Resilience of International River Treaties to Increased Water Variability

Blankespoor, Brian - 2017

Although water variability has already been observed across river basins, climate change is predicted to increase variability. Such environmental changes may aggravate political tensions, especially in regions that are not equipped with an appropriate institutional apparatus. Increased...

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Climate Change and Water Variability : Do Water Treaties Contribute to River Basin Resilience?

Dinar, Shlomi - 2017

Climate-driven water variability is a natural phenomenon observed across river basins, but predicted to increase due to climate change. Environmental change of this kind may aggravate political tensions, especially in regions that are not equipped with an appropriate institutional apparatus....

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Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change on Future Vietnamese Households : A Micro-Simulation Approach

Rozenberg, Julie - 2017

The impacts of climate change on poverty depend on the magnitude of climate change, but also on demographic and socioeconomic trends. An analysis of hundreds of baseline scenarios for future economic development in the absence of climate change in Vietnam shows that the main determinant of the...

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Exposure to Floods, Climate Change, and Poverty in Vietnam

Bangalore, Mook - 2017

With 70 percent of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is exposed to many natural hazards, including river and coastal flooding. These hazards are expected to worsen due to climate change, and the impacts of any change in hazard magnitude may be particularly...

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Impact of Climate Change and Aquatic Salinization on Mangrove Species and Poor Communities in the Bangladesh Sundarbans

Dasgupta, Susmita - 2017

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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Estimation of Climate Change Damage Functions for 140 Regions in the Gtap9 Database

Roson, Roberto - 2017

Climate change damage (or, more correctly, impact) functions relate variations in temperature (or other climate variables) to economic impacts in various dimensions, and are at the basis of quantitative modeling exercises for the assessment of climate change policies. This document provides a...

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Weather Index Insurance and Shock Coping : Evidence from Mexico's Cadena Program

De Janvry, Alain - 2017

Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in developing countries. Weather index insurance has emerged as a possible tool for overcoming these challenges. This paper provides evidence on the impact of weather index insurance from a...

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