Documents et rapports
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South Asia’s hotspots : the impact of temperature and precipitation changes on living standards (anglais)
South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change. Average temperatures have been rising throughout the region, and rainfall has become more erratic. These changes are projected to continue accruing over...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 128323 Date du document: 9 juillet 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mani,Muthukumara S.,Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Chonabayashi,Shun,Markandya,Anil,Mosier,Thomas Michael Rowe
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Rainfall variability, occupational choice, and welfare in rural Bangladesh (anglais)
This study investigates the choice of occupational focus versus diversification between household members in rural Bangladesh as an autonomous and proactive adaptation strategy against ex ante local rainfall...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6134 Date du document: 1 juillet 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Skoufias,Emmanuel
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Improving Household Survey Instruments for Understanding Agricultural Household Adaptation to Climate Change : Water Stress and Variability (anglais)
Global climate change is predicted to adversely affect agriculture, which provides the principle source of income for the world’s poor populations. A large body of country-level studies have confirmed...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 147690 Date du document: 29 août 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Wang,Limin,Wijnen,Marcus Marinus Petrus
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Quantifying carbon and distributional benefits of renewable energy programs : the Bangladesh case study on solar home systems (anglais)
Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology-such as solar home systems (SHS)-to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 59204 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Wang,Limin,Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Cosgrove-Davies, Mac,Samad,Hussain A.
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Quantifying Carbon and distributional benefits of solar home system programs in Bangladesh (anglais)
Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology, such as solar home systems, to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development. Using...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5545 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Cosgrove-Davies,Malcolm,Samad,Hussain A.,Wang,Limin
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The impact of weather variation on child health in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
This study focuses on the human cost by analyzing the prevalence of diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI), as well as under nutrition, in children under the age of three. Malaria, an important...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 68618 Date du document: 1 mai 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Kanji, Shireen,Wang,Limin
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The health impact of extreme weather events in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
Extreme weather events are known to have serious consequences for human health and are predicted to increase in frequency as a result of climate change. Africa is one of the regions that risks being most...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4979 Date du document: 1 juin 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Kanji, Shireen,Wang,Limin
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Household welfare and natural resource management around national parks in Zambia (anglais)
Game management areas in Zambia aim to combine nature conservation with economic empowerment of rural households. By looking at households inside and outside game management areas, this study advances...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4932 Date du document: 1 mai 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Tembo,Gelson
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Yield impact of irrigation management transfer : story from the Philippines (anglais)
Irrigation management transfer is an important strategy among donors and governments to strengthen farmer control over water and irrigation infrastructure. This study seeks to understand whether irrigation...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4298 Date du document: 1 août 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Shyamsundar,Priya,Xei, Mei
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Forests, biomass use, and poverty in Malawi,Forests, biomass use, and poverty in Malawi,Forests, biomass use, and poverty in Malawi (Forêts, utilisation de biomasse et pauvreté au Malawi) (anglais)
In this paper, the authors seek to answer three questions about poverty and forests in Malawi: (1) What is the extent of biomass available for meeting the energy needs of the poor in Malawi and how is...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4068 Date du document: 1 novembre 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Baccini,Alessandro,Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Shyamsundar,Priya
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Fuelwood consumption and participation in community forestry in India (anglais)
Decentralized forest management is an important policy issue in India and elsewhere. Yet there are few careful studies of the impacts of community forestry. The authors try to fill this gap by analyzing...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3331 Date du document: 1 juin 2004 Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Shyamsundar,Priya
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Do households gain from community-based natural resource management? An evaluation of community conservancies in Namibia (anglais)
Community-based natural resource management is an important strategy to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and wildlife in Namibia. The authors examine the extent to which conservancies have been...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3337 Date du document: 1 juin 2004 Auteur: Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit,Humavindu, Michael N.,Wang,Limin,Shyamsundar,Priya