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  • Within Reach

    Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization

    Series series Climate Change and Development
    This report looks at the political economy of net zero policy, from common challenges to the development of strategies to overcome them. It shows how governments can improve political economy conditions over time with progressive climate governance interventions, while overcoming more immediate barriers with better policy design and communication. ... Leer más

    Antes $719 MXN Ahora $624 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Shock Waves

    Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty

    Series series Climate Change and Development
    Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines ... Leer más

    $384 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Unbreakable

    Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters

    Series series Climate Change and Development
    'Economic losses from natural disasters totaled $92 billion in 2015.' Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure than the damage inflicted on buildings, infrastructure, and agricultural production. But $1 in losses does not mean the same thing to a rich person that it does to a poor person; the gravity of a $92 billion loss depends on who experiences ... Leer más

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  • Within Reach

    Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization

    Series series Climate Change and Development
    Climate change presents a unique challenge in that policy makers need to balance the speed and scale required to achieve global objectives within the time required to ensure political acceptability and social sustainability. Within Reach: Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization identifies the key political economy barriers and explores the options to address them through four key ... Leer más

    $573 MXN

  • Shock Waves

    Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty

    Series series Climate Change and Development
    Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines ... Leer más

    $358 MXN

  • Unbreakable

    Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters

    Series series Climate Change and Development
    'Economic losses from natural disasters totaled $92 billion in 2015.' Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure than the damage inflicted on buildings, infrastructure, and agricultural production. But $1 in losses does not mean the same thing to a rich person that it does to a poor person; the gravity of a $92 billion loss depends on who experiences ... Leer más

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  • The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters

    Since the turn of the millennium, more than one million people have been killed and 2.3 billion others have been directly affected by natural disasters around the world. In cases like the 2010 Haiti earthquake or the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, these disasters have time and time again wrecked large populations and national infrastructures. While recognizing that improved rescue, evacuation, and ... Leer más

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  • The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy

    Cost-benefit analysis -- the formal estimating and weighing of the costs and benefits of policy alternatives -- is a standard tool for governments in advanced economies. Through decades of research and innovation, institutions have developed in the United States, European Union, and other developed countries that examine and weigh policy alternatives as an aid to governmental decisionmaking. ... Leer más

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  • Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor: Cities Building Resilience for a Changing World

    de Judy L. Baker ...
    Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, sea-level rise, flooding, and other hazards. Exposure to risk is exacerbated by overcrowded living ... Leer más

    $436 MXN

  • Living through Crises: How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor

    What did the global food, fuel, and financial crises of 2008-11 mean to people living in the developing world? How did people cope with the crisis and how effective were they at averting major impacts? These are the questions addressed by this book, which emerged out of qualitative crisis monitoring initiatives carried out by IDS and the World Bank. As such, this is not a book about the causes of ... Leer más

    $435 MXN

  • The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics

    Volume 2: Policies and Practices

    Edición de Justin Yifu Lin, Célestin Monga ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    A popular myth about the travails of Africa holds that the continent's long history of poor economic performance reflects the inability of its leaders and policymakers to fulfill the long list of preconditions to be met before sustained growth can be achieved. These conditions are said to vary from the necessary quantity and quality of physical and human capital to the appropriate institutions and ... Leer más

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  • The End of Growth

    Adapting to Our New Economic Reality

    Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to drop, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable, natural limits. Richard ... Leer más

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