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  Climate change, household vulnerability and smart agricukture: the case of two South African provinces

  International Development Research Centre, 2016

  The impact of climate change disasters poses significant challenges for South Africa especially for vulnerable rural households. In South Africa there is dearth of knowledge of the impacts of climate change at the local level, especially in rural areas. Rural households are generally poor and lack resources to adapt and mitigate the impacts of climate change associated disasters.
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  Aligning social protection and climate resilience: a case study of WBCIS and MGNREGA in Rajasthan

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2016

  Social protection and climate change programmes are two public policy responses that governments use to address the challenges of poverty, climate vulnerability and gender inequality.
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  Evidence and examples to build resilient livelihoods in the South Sudan context

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  Building resilience to weather and conflict shocks in South Sudan requires investing inside and outside the agriculture sector in order to promote sustainable livelihoods development and income diversification. This includes strengthening productive sectors, improving basic social services, and establishing productive safety nets.
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  Climate change, vulnerability, food security and human health in rural Pakistan: a gender perspective

  Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2015

  Pakistan is among the most vulnerable countries in the South Asian region given still overwhelming dependence of its population on agriculture which in turn mainly depends on the Indus Basin River System. The intensity and frequency of extreme climate events have increased in Pakistan during the recent decades.
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  Welfare impacts of climate shocks: evidence from Tanzania

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2016

  Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the world’s most food-insecure region characterized by high levels of child mortality and poverty and low levels of human and physical capital (FAO, 2009). Countries in SSA, including Tanzania, heavily depend on a smallholder-based agricultural sector, which makes their welfare and food security particularly vulnerable to climate change.
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  Integrating disaster response and climate resilience in social protection programs in the Pacific Island Countries

  Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2015

  The Pacific i sland countries (PICs) are some of the most exposed to frequent natural disasters and climate shocks, and their vulnerability is increasing due to mounting effects of climate change as well as demographic and economic forces. Natural disasters hit the poorest hardest and have long -term consequences for human development.
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  Increasing people’s resilience through social protection

  Overseas Development Institute, 2016

  Climate-related shocks and stresses are posing significant obstacles to poverty reduction.
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  What is the association between absolute child poverty, poor governance, and natural disasters? A global comparison of some of the realities of climate change

  PLoS ONE, 2016

  The paper explores the degree to which exposure to natural disasters and poor governance (quality of governance) is associated with absolute child poverty in sixty-seven middle- and low-income countries. The data is representative for about 2.8 billion of the world ́s population. Institutionalist tend to argue that many of society’s ills, including poverty,
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  Climate extremes and resilient poverty reduction

  Overseas Development Institute, 2015

  Building resilience to climate extremes and disasters will help ensure the success of global efforts to eliminate extreme poverty.
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  Adaptation Strategy in Response to the New EU Sugar Regime 2006-2013

  2006

  This report consists of seven chapters: Introduction (1); Fiscal and debt management (2); Strategic Sectorial Focus (3); Social Development and Poverty Reduction (4); Environmental Protection, Land Management and Disaster Mitigation (5); Cross-Cutting Issues (6); Managing the Adaptation Process (7).

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