Documents et rapports
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Climate change and health impacts : how vulnerable is Bangladesh and what needs to be done? (anglais)
This study was jointly undertaken by the Climate Change and Health Promotion Unit of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, and...
Type de document: Évaluation des risques et de la vulnérabilité Numéro du rapport: 88665 Date du document: 1 janvier 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Wang,Limin,Mani,Muthukumara S.
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Community programs and women's participation : the Chinese experience (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Community programs and women's participation : the Chinese experience, conducted in 1993 in China. The study observed the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81216 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Coady, David,Dai, Xinyi,Wang,Limin
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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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Climate risks and adaptation in Asian coastal megacities : a synthesis report (anglais)
The main objective of this report is to strengthen understanding of climate-related risks and impacts in coastal megacities in developing countries using case studies of three cities that are different...
Type de document: Autre étude environnementale Numéro du rapport: 57110 Date du document: 1 septembre 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ahmed, Kazi,Philips,Bradford Ryan,Pillai,Poonam,Shyamsundar,Priya,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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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
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Health outcomes in poor countries and policy options : empirical findings from demographic and health surveys (anglais)
Empirical studies on health at a disaggregate level-by socioeconomic group or geographic location-can provide useful information for designing poverty-focused interventions. Using Demographic and Health...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2831 Date du document: 30 avril 2002 Auteur: Wang,Limin