Poverty reduction in a changing climate / Hari Bansha Dulal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dulal, Hari Bansha, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Environmental aspects--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects--Developing countries.

Climatic changes.

Sustainable development--Economic aspects--Developing countries.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate, edited by Hari Bansha Dulal, is a work which discusses the new innovations and funding mechanisms which have emerged in response to the rise of climate-related challenges in the twenty-first century. Dulal and the text's contributors explore the synergies and implications of those innovations with respect to poverty alleviation goals.

Contents:

POVERTY REDUCTION IN A CHANGING CLIMATE; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; PART ONE: INEQUALITY, POLITICS, AND THE SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY; 1. Markets, the State and the Dynamics of Inequality in Latin America: Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay; 2. Politics and the Room to Maneuver: Democracy, Social Opportunity and Poverty in India; 3. The Importance of Place and Space: The Spatial Dimensions of Poverty and Development Policy; PART TWO: POVERTY REDUCTION CHALLENGES; 4. Assessing the Potential Impact on Poverty of Rising Cereals Prices: The Case of Mali

5. Assessing the Potential Impact of Higher Fertilizer Use on Poverty Among Farm Households: Illustration for Rwanda6. Poverty Reduction Challenges in South Asia; 7. Official Development Assistance: Does It Reduce Poverty?; PART THREE: POVERTY REDUCTION INSTRUMENTS, POLICIES, AND LESSONS LEARNT; 8. Bolsa Família: Its Design, Its Impacts and Possibilities for the Future; 9. The Biodiversity Conservation: An Effective Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation?; 10. Tracing the REDD Bullet: Implications of Market-Based Forest Conservation Mechanisms for Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries

11. Banking on Social Institutions for Poverty Reduction12. Climate Change Adaptation and the International Aid Regime Prospects for Policy Convergence; 13. Lessons on Equitable Growth: Stories of Progress in Vietnam, Mauritius, and Malawi; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34802-3

1-299-31629-8

0-7391-7989-6