Working paper by Christopher Barrett, Linden McBride on 20 Jan 2016
A sound understanding of poverty traps—defined as poverty that is self-reinforcing due to the poor’s equilibrium behaviors—and their underlying mechanisms is fundamentally important to the development of policies and interventions … read more »
Working paper by Gerald Yiran, Lindsay Stringer on 20 Jan 2016
Ghana’s savannah ecosystem has been subjected to a number of climatic hazards of varying severity over the past three decades. This paper presents a spatial, time-series analysis of the impacts of multiple hazards on the ecosystem and human livelihoods, using the Upper East Region of Ghana as a case study. Our aim is to understand […]
Working paper by Adriana Kocornik-Mina on 15 Dec 2015
Does economic activity relocate away from areas that are at high risk of recurring shocks? We examine this question in the context of floods, which are among the costliest and … read more »
Research article by Declan Conway, Antoine Dechezleprêtre on 15 Dec 2015
This paper identifies over 50,000 patents filed worldwide in various water-related technologies between 1990 and 2010, distinguishing between those related to availability (supply) and conservation (demand) technologies. Patenting activity is … read more »
Policy publication by Swenja Surminski on 8 Dec 2015
This report is an output of an initiative funded by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) at the World Bank and led by the Overseas Development Institute … read more »
Working paper by Monica Di Gregorio, Leandra Fatorelli, Maria Brockhaus, Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Emilia Pramova, Intan Maya Sari, Bruno Locatelli on 25 Nov 2015
Most of the climate policy integration literature focuses on mainstreaming mitigation OR adaptation into sectoral policies. Such approaches, however, tend to ignore possible interactions between climate change adaptation and mitigation, which are particularly important in the land use sector. This paper investigates climate policy integration and coherence in the forest and agricultural sectors in Indonesia. […]
Policy publication by Adrian Fenton on 19 Nov 2015
Adrian Fenton, Hannah Reid, Helena Wright and Saleemul Huq, 2015. IIED. External link to publication PDF
Working paper by Gerald Yiran, Lindsay Stringer, Emmanuel Attua, Andrew Evans, Andy Challinor, Edwin Gyasi on 17 Nov 2015
This paper presents an analysis of the spatial dimension of vulnerabilities by mapping vulnerability of sectors that support livelihood activities at a single snapshot in time, using the Upper East Region of Ghana as a case study.
Policy publication by Lenny Smith, Swenja Surminski, Lyn Grove on 10 Nov 2015
Findings of a five-year research project tracking the impact of climate change on the insurance sector.
Research article by on 10 Nov 2015
We apply an experimental ecosystem accounting approach aimed at estimating the contribution of ecosystem services to total social income accrued from a Stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) forest as the … read more »
