Holdings: Natural Capital, Ecological Scarcity and Rural Poverty

Natural Capital, Ecological Scarcity and Rural Poverty

Much of the rural poor -- who are growing in number -- are concentrated in ecologically fragile and remote areas. The key ecological scarcity problem facing such poor households is a vicious cycle of declining livelihoods, increased ecological degr...

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Main Author:	Barbier, Edward B.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABLE CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL WAGE ASSET POVERTY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CARBON CASH CROPS CASH INCOME CATCHMENT AREA CHRONIC POVERTY COMMON PROPERTY COMMUNITY CONTROL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CREDIT MARKETS CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CROPLAND DEFORESTATION DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING REGIONS DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DISADVANTAGED AREAS DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT DRYLANDS ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECOLOGY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION EXPLOITATION EXPORT MARKETS FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM INCOMES FARM LABOR FARM SIZE FARM WORK FARMERS FARMING ACTIVITIES FARMING SYSTEMS FIREWOOD FISHERIES FISHING FODDER FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD PREPARATION FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREST REGIONS FORESTED REGIONS FORESTRY FRONTIER REGIONS GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHOCKS INSURANCE INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND DEGRADATION LAND ECONOMICS LAND HOLDINGS LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LANDHOLDING SIZE LANDHOLDINGS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES MARGINAL COST MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL ASSETS NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCE SCARCITY NATURAL RESOURCES NONFARM INCOME NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES OPPORTUNITY COSTS POOR AREAS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR COUNTRIES POOR ECONOMIES POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR MARKET ACCESS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATIONS POOR RURAL AREAS POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POOR SMALLHOLDERS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POTABLE WATER POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRICE CHANGES PRODUCERS PROPERTY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS REAL WAGES REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL SCIENCE REMOTE AREAS REMOTE LOCATIONS REMOTE REGION REMOTE REGIONS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL MARKET RURAL MIGRATION RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY RATES RURAL PRODUCERS RURAL PROVINCES RURAL ROAD RURAL ROADS RURAL WORKERS SAFETY NET SAVINGS SEMI-ARID REGIONS SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SOIL EROSION SPATIAL APPROACH SPATIAL DIMENSIONS SPATIAL INEQUALITY SPATIAL PATTERN SPATIAL PATTERNS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TIMBER TRADEOFFS TRANSACTION COSTS VEGETABLE PRODUCTION WAGE RATES WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16835682/natural-capital-ecological-scarcity-rural-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12083

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Natural Capital, Ecological Scarcity and Rural Poverty

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