This paper quantifies the impact of
inundation risk and salinization on the family structure and
economic welfare of coastal households in Bangladesh. These
households...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7148Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Hossain, Md. Moqbul ;
Huq,Mainul ;
Wheeler, David
Risk-aversion has generally been found
to decrease in income. This may lead one to expect that poor
countries will be more risk-averse than rich countries.
Recent comparative...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7137Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Beyene, Abebe ;
Bluffstone, Randall ;
Dissanayake, Sahan ;
Gebreegziabher, Zenebe ;
Martinsson, Peter ;
Mekonnen, Alemu ;
Vieider, Ferdinand M.
It is a virtual certainty that sea-level
rise will continue throughout the century and beyond 2100
even if greenhouse gas emissions are stabilized in the near
future....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7140Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Hossain, Md. Moqbul ;
Huq,Mainul ;
Wheeler, David
The potentially-adverse impact of
salinity on paved roads is well-established in the
engineering literature. The problem seems destined to grow,
as climate-related changes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7147Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Hossain, Md. Moqbul ;
Huq,Mainul ;
Wheeler, David
Zambia's economy is estimated to
grow around 6.0 percent in 2014, slower than the 6.7 percent
in the previous two years. Growth comes from a bumper maize
harvest; rapid...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93254Date: December 1, 2014
Climate change is expensive, and dealing
with it will only grow costlier the longer countries,
cities, and industries delay reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. About...
Thailand’s solar power market was at a
standstill in 2008, with solar energy accounting for less
than two megawatts (MW) of installed capacity. Technology
costs were...
Every policy relies on explicit or
implicit assumptions about how people make choices. Those
assumptions typically rest on an idealized model of how
people think, rather...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 92863Date: November 25, 2014Author:
World Bank
This third report in the Turn Down the
Heat series covers three World Bank regions: Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC); the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA); and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 92704Date: November 23, 2014Author:
Adams, Sophie ;
Aich, Valentin ;
Albrecht, Torsten ;
Baarsch, Florent ;
Boit, Alice ;
Canales Trujillo, Nella ;
Cartsburg, Matti ;
Coumou, Dim ;
Eden, Alexander ;
Fader, Marianela ;
Hare, Bill ;
Hoff, Holger ;
Jobbins, Guy ;
Jones,Lindsey ;
Kit, Oleksandr ;
Krummenauer, Linda ;
Langerwisch, Fanny ;
Le Masson, Virginie ;
Ludi, Eva ;
Marcus,Rachel ;
Mengel, Matthias ;
Mosello, Beatrice ;
Möhring, Jacob ;
Norton, Andrew ;
Otto, Ilona M. ;
Perette, Mahé ;
Pereznieto, Paola ;
Rammig, Anja ;
Reckien, Diana ;
Reinhardt, Julia ;
Reyer, Christopher ;
Robinson, Alex ;
Rocha, Marcia ;
Sakschewski, Boris ;
Schaeffer, Michiel ;
Schaphoff, Sibyll ;
Schewe, Jacob ;
Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich ;
Serdeczny, Olivia ;
Stagl, Judith ;
Thonicke, Kirsten ;
Waha, Katharina ;
World Bank
This third report in the Turn Down the
Heat series covers three World Bank regions: Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC); the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA); and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 92704Date: November 23, 2014Author:
Adams, Sophie ;
Aich, Valentin ;
Albrecht, Torsten ;
Baarsch, Florent ;
Boit, Alice ;
Canales Trujillo, Nella ;
Cartsburg, Matti ;
Coumou, Dim ;
Eden, Alexander ;
Fader, Marianela ;
Hare, Bill ;
Hoff, Holger ;
Jobbins, Guy ;
Jones,Lindsey ;
Kit, Oleksandr ;
Krummenauer, Linda ;
Langerwisch, Fanny ;
Le Masson, Virginie ;
Ludi, Eva ;
Marcus,Rachel ;
Mengel, Matthias ;
Mosello, Beatrice ;
Möhring, Jacob ;
Norton, Andrew ;
Otto, Ilona M. ;
Perette, Mahé ;
Pereznieto, Paola ;
Rammig, Anja ;
Reckien, Diana ;
Reinhardt, Julia ;
Reyer, Christopher ;
Robinson, Alex ;
Rocha, Marcia ;
Sakschewski, Boris ;
Schaeffer, Michiel ;
Schaphoff, Sibyll ;
Schewe, Jacob ;
Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich ;
Serdeczny, Olivia ;
Stagl, Judith ;
Thonicke, Kirsten ;
Waha, Katharina ;
World Bank
This report is about global public goods
(GPGs), particularly those related to the environment, in
the context of the global development process. This concerns
the long-term...
Type: PublicationReport#: 92873Date: November 13, 2014Author:
Davies, Robin [editor] ;
Evans, J. Warren [editor]
In a creative bid to reduce energy
poverty, Rwanda’s national utility launched a campaign to
distribute energy-saving Compact Fluorescent Light (CFLs)
bulbs, effectively...
The International Comparison Program
(ICP) is a large and highly complex worldwide statistical
program conducted under the charter of the United Nations
Statistical...
Type: PublicationReport#: 92494Date: November 5, 2014
The IPCC's Fifth Assessment
Synthesis Report warns of the need to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by 40 to 70 percent by 2050, on pace for carbon
neutrality by the end...
Climate change and climate policies will
affect poverty reduction efforts through direct and
immediate impacts on the poor and by affecting factors that
condition poverty...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7126Date: November 1, 2014Author:
Bangalore, Mook ;
Bonzanigo,Laura ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Narloch,Ulf Gerrit ;
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Vogt-Schilb,Adrien Camille
Information on ecosystem characteristics
as well as economic statistics is needed to more fully
inform decision makers on the impacts of climate change on
human well-being....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7094Date: November 1, 2014Author:
Toman,Michael A.
Is there a "middle income
trap"? Theory suggests that the determinants of growth
at low and high income levels may be different. If countries
struggle to transition...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7104Date: November 1, 2014Author:
Bulman, David ;
Eden, Maya ;
Nguyen, Ha
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