One of the major constraints for the
improvement of agricultural risk management in Central
America, and in particular to the development of weather
index-based insurance,...
Type: Other Agricultural StudyReport#: 77780Date: January 1, 2013
This brief includes the following
headings: global climate change is taking its toll on the
Philippines; climate action can contribute to inclusive
growth and poverty...
The International Comparison Program
(ICP) has become not only the largest international
statistical program in the world, but also the most complex.
In the years leading...
Type: PublicationReport#: 79451Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Blades,Derek ;
Chen,Shaohua ;
Coonan, James ;
Deaton,Angus S.
This study, Indus basin of Pakistan: the
impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture was
undertaken at a pivotal time in the region. The weak summer
monsoon in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 77022Date: January 1, 2013Author:
, Savitsky, Andre ;
Alford,Donald L. ;
Brown,Casey ;
Debowicz,Dario Julian ;
Robinson,Sherman ;
Wescoat,James L. ;
Yang,Yi-Chen Ethan ;
Yu,Winston
Under the global climate negotiations, a
REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation and enhancing conservation, sustainable
management of forests,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 82850Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Choi,Esther Sekyoung ;
Park, Mi Sun ;
Youn, Yeo-Chang
Changes in climate and their impact on
agricultural systems and rural economies are already evident
throughout Europe and Central Asia (ECA). Adaptation
measures now...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81591Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Boehlert, Brent B. ;
Iglesias, Ana ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P. ;
Sutton,William R.
This documented case of climate change
adaptation in Campeche Mexico grapples with a problem that
is fundamental to addressing climate change risks in areas
of high...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76891Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Mira-Salama, Daniel; Damania, Richard;
Pedrozo-Acuna, Adrian; Scandizzo, Pasquale L.
Following repeated cyclones and heavy
flooding in the Indian Ocean Island of Seychelles, the
government renewed its efforts to increase resilience to
natural disasters....
Type: BriefReport#: 97331Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Payet, Rolph
This paper argues that climate change
poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor
rural households: challenges related to the increasing
frequency and...
Report#: WPS6326Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Kronick,Dorothy ;
Mason,Andrew D.
This document examines the geographic
distribution of employed individuals across Romania, the
implications, and recommendations. Under optimal conditions,
cities concentrate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 84324Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Blankespoor,Brian ;
Burduja,Sebastian Ioan ;
Cojocaru,Stefan Lucian ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel ;
Iorga, Elena ;
Man,Titus-Cristian ;
Moldovan,Sandu Ciprian ;
Moretti,Enrico ;
Rus, Raularian ;
Sandu,Dumitru D. ;
Van Der Weide,Roy
Addressing climate change is central to
the development and poverty reduction agenda. In its fourth
assessment (2007), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76429Date: January 1, 2013
Pacific island countries and territories
are among the most vulnerable in the world. They combine
high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with
low capacity...
Agricultural production is inextricably
tied to climate, making agriculture one of the most
climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In countries such
as Uzbekistan,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81589Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Boehlert, Brent B. ;
Droogers,Peter ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P. ;
Sutton,William R.
The World Bank's report turn down
the heat highlighted the risk that, without global action,
the world can potentially be 4 degree Celsius warmer by the
end of the century,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 80869Date: January 1, 2013
PovMap is a software package that
computes poverty and inequality indicators at a spatially
disaggregated level. poverty mapping is a method that uses
a model of household...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76514Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Zhao,Qinghua
Is Tajikistan at risk from climate
change? If so, haw should it adapt, given the many other
pressing challenges it faces? Can long-term adaptation be
reconciled with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63718Date: January 1, 2013
For thousands of years, the people of
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have coped with the
challenges of climate variability by adapting their survival
strategies...
Type: BriefReport#: 75216Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Verner,Dorte
The livestock data innovation project
conducted an online data survey among participants in the
12th inter-agency donor group meeting, held at African Union
- Inter...
Increasing volumes of statistical data
are being made available on the open web, including from the
World Bank. This 'data deluge' provides both
opportunities and challenges....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 79026Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Carter, Jackie ;
Noble, Susan ;
Russell, Andrew ;
Swanson, Eric
This work-plan provides an overview of
the planned impact evaluation activities, Development Impact
Evaluation (DIME) will lead on Global Agriculture and Food
Security...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 80749Date: January 1, 2013
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