Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam
This study combines high-resolution, geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living Standard Measurement Surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 to investigate the relationship between environmental risks and poverty. Using recently developed...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26597191/environmental-risks-poverty-analyzing-geo-spatial-household-data-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24844 |
| Summary: | This study combines high-resolution,
geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living
Standard Measurement Surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 to
investigate the relationship between environmental risks and
poverty. Using recently developed data on air pollution,
tree cover loss, land degradation, slope, rainfall and
temperature variability, and flood and drought hazards, the
study shows: (i) at the district level, there are hotspots
of high poverty and environmental risks; (ii) ethnic
minorities and poor households are much more exposed to
multiple environmental risks than other groups, and also
within rural and urban areas poorer households live in
communes exposed to higher environmental risks; and (iii)
environmental risks relate to lower consumption levels, but
less so to lower consumption growth over time. Altogether
these findings suggest that Vietnam’s poor are
disproportionally exposed to environmental risks, which can
result in livelihood impacts that in many ways go beyond
consumption. In light of growing pressures due to population
growth, economic development and climate change, green
growth actions, ecosystem-based adaptation, and land-use
planning could be important strategies to reduce the
environmental burden on poor people. |
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