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Does hotter temperature increase poverty? : global evidence from subnational data analysis

Dang, Hai-Anh; Trinh, Trong-Anh - 2022

Despite a vast literature documenting the negative effects of climate change on various socio-economic outcomes, little, if any, evidence exists on the global impacts of hotter temperature on poverty. Analyzing a new global dataset of subnational poverty in 166 countries, we find higher...

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What is Middle Class About the Middle Classes Around the World?

Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther - 2008

This paper uses household surveys from 13 developing countries to describe consumption choices, health and education …

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Does hotter temperature increase poverty? : global evidence from subnational data analysis

Dang, Hai-Anh; Trinh, Trong-Anh - 2022

Despite a vast literature documenting the negative effects of climate change on various socio-economic outcomes, surprisingly hardly any evidence exists on the global impacts of hotter temperature on poverty. Analyzing a new global dataset of subnational poverty in 166 countries, we find higher...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013283993

Global income distribution and poverty : implications from the IPCC SRES scenarios

Calzadilla, Alvaro - 2010

The Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) has been widely used to analyze climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. The storylines behind these scenarios outline alternative development pathways, which have been the base for climate research and other studies at global,...

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Does global warming worsen poverty and inequality? : an updated review

Dang, Hai-Anh; Hallegatte, Stéphane; Trinh, Trong-Anh - 2023

We offer an updated and comprehensive review of recent studies on the impact of climate change, particularly global warming, on poverty and inequality, paying special attention to data sources as well as empirical methods. While studies consistently find negative impacts of higher temperature on...

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Reclaiming the Right to Food as a Normative Response to the Global Food Crisis

Narula, Smita - 2015

The number of hungry in the world has crossed the one billion mark, a dubious milestone that has been attributed in large part to consecutive food and economic crises. Over ninety-eight percent of these individuals live in the developing world. Ironically, a great majority are involved in food...

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Rising Food Prices and Undernourishment - A Cross-Country Inquiry

Anríquez, Gustavo; Daidone, Silvio; Mane, Erdgin - 2011

Households’ welfare in developing countries has been hit by dramatic food prices increases which occurred between 2005 and 2008. In this paper, we adopt a partial equilibrium approach to analyze the short-time effects of a staple food price increase on nutritional attainments, as a measure of...

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Trends in World Food Security (Tendencias Mundiales En La Seguridad Alimentaria)

Maletta, Hector E. - 2009

: FAO estimates nearly 800 million people eat insufficient food, below the minimum allowance to maintain good health, and … people consuming less than the minimum amount of food compatible with good health) has correspondingly gone down, according … nobody disputes the trend. The nutrition and health effect is also perceptible. Life expectancy is increasing, and preschool …

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Measuring food insecurity : Food Affordability Index as a measure of territorial inequalities

Bernaschi, Daniela; Marino, Davide; Felici, Francesca - In: Italian review of agricultural economics 78 (2023) 3, pp. 79-91

The devastating economic and social impact of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine has exacerbated poverty and food insecurity, making it harder for people to access food. Based on a multidimensional understanding of food insecurity, this study focuses on one of the most challenging dimensions for...

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The poor, the prosperous and the 'inbetweeners' : a fresh perspective on global society, inequality and growth

Edward, Peter; Sumner, Andrew - 2014

What has happened to inequality between and within countries since 1990? In this paper we explore who have been the winners and losers from global growth since 1990. We find that falls in total global inequality in the last 30 years are predominantly attributable to rising prosperity in China....

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