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Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
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ISBN: 0821382381 9786612725548 0821383787 1282725548 Year: 2010 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change and variability threaten to reverse recent progress in poverty reduction and economic growth. Both now and over the long run, climate change and variability threatens human and social development by restricting the fulfillment of human potential and by disempowering people and communities in reducing their livelihoods options. Communities across Latin America and the Caribbean are already experiencing adverse consequences from climate change and variability. Precipitation ha

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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area. --- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Latin America. --- Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area. --- Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Latin America. --- Economic assistance. --- Human beings -- Effect of climate on. --- Poverty -- Caribbean Area. --- Poverty -- Latin America. --- Poverty --- Climatic changes --- Human beings --- Economic assistance --- Economic History --- Business & Economics --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects --- Effect of climate on --- Climatic factors. --- Economic aid --- Foreign aid program --- Foreign assistance --- Grants-in-aid, International --- International economic assistance --- International grants-in-aid --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Destitution --- Environmental aspects --- Economic policy --- International economic relations --- Conditionality (International relations) --- Hominids --- Persons --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Acclimatization --- Medical climatology --- Climatic factors --- Effect of climate on. --- Global environmental change


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Adaptation to a changing climate in the Arab countries : a case for adaptation governance and leadership in building climate resilience
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ISBN: 1283906651 0821394592 0821394584 Year: 2012 Publisher: Washington DC : World Bank,

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In the Arab countries, climate change is a risk to poverty reduction and economic growth, threatening to unravel many of the development gains that have been achieved. The Arab Region is already suffering adverse consequences from climate variability and change. This book provides information on climate change and its impact in the Arab Region, as well as technical guidance on climate adaptation options for policy makers. The areas addressed include the economic impacts of climate change (as measured by the reduction in household income and GDP); the impacts of climate change on the water, hea


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The Brazilian growth experience in the light of old and new growth theories
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Year: 1996 Publisher: Florence : European university institute,

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The macro wage-curve and labor market flexibility in Zimbabwe
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Year: 1999 Publisher: Washington, D.C.

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Are wages and productivity in Zimbabwe affected by human capital investment and international trade?
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Year: 1999 Publisher: Washington, D.C.

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Wage and productivity gaps: evidence from Ghana
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Year: 1999 Publisher: Washington, D.C.

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Making the poor count takes more than counting the poor: a quick poverty assessment of the State of Bahia, Brazil
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Year: 2004 Publisher: Washington, D.C. World Bank

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Education and its poverty-reducing effects: the case of Paraíba, Brazil
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Year: 2004 Publisher: Washington, D.C. World Bank

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Poverty in the Brazilian Amazon : an assessment of poverty focused on the state of Pará
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Year: 2004 Publisher: Washington, D.C. World Bank

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