Documents & Reports
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Coping with Climate Change in the Sundarbans : Lessons from Multidisciplinary Studies (English)
Climate change poses serious threats to inclusive economic progress and poverty reduction. Strong countermeasures are required to increase the capacity of low-income people to mitigate their risk exposure...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 154330 Document Date: November 10, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dasgupta,Susmita,Wheeler,David J.,Sobhan,Md Istiak,Bandyopadhyay,Sunando,Nishat,Ainun,Paul,Tapas
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Motor Vehicle Density and Air Pollution in Greater Cairo : Fuel Subsidy Removal and Metro Line Extension and their Effect on Congestion and Pollution? (English)
Document Type: Report Report No.: 142309 Document Date: October 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Heger,Martin,Wheeler,David J.,Meisner,Craig M.
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Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand (English)
Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, this paper reexamines the determinants of child wasting and maternal anemia...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8798 Document Date: March 28, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dasgupta,Susmita,Wheeler,David J.
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Potential Forest Loss and Biodiversity Risks from Road Improvement in Lao PDR (English)
This paper develops and applies a spatial econometric model that links road upgrading to forest clearing and biodiversity loss in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The paper uses 500-meter cells to...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8569 Document Date: August 27, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Danyo,Stephen,Dasgupta,Susmita,Wheeler,David J.
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Aquatic salinization and mangrove species in a changing climate : impact in the Indian Sundarbans (English)
This paper contributes to understanding the physical and economic effects of salinity diffusion and planning for appropriate adaptation for managing the Sundarbans in a changing climate, with a focus on...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8532 Document Date: July 13, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mukhopadhyay,Anirban,Wheeler,David J.,Dasgupta,Susmita,Dey,Ajanta,Sobhan,Istiak
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Cyclonic storm landfalls in Bangladesh, west Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : a spatiotemporal analysis (English)
Recurrent cyclonic storms in the Bay of Bengal inflict massive losses on the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India. Information on occurrences and severities of cyclones is necessary for understanding...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8316 Document Date: January 24, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bandyopadhyay,Sunando,Dasgupta,Susmita,Khan,Zahirul Huque,Wheeler,David J.
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Impact of climate change and aquatic salinization on mangrove species and poor communities in the Bangladesh Sundarbans (English)
This paper investigates possible impacts of climate change on the poor communities of the Bangladesh Sundarbans via changes in aquatic salinity and mangrove species. The implications for poor communities...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7736 Document Date: June 29, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dasgupta,Susmita,Sobhan,Istiak,Wheeler,David J.
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Road improvement and deforestation in the Congo Basin countries (English)
Road construction has often been viewed as the precursor to deforestation, especially in tropical forests. Traditional responses to such threats have been reactive, with attempts to mitigate impacts through...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7274 Document Date: May 18, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Damania,Richard,Wheeler,David J.
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A resource allocation model for tiger habitat protection (English)
Habitat conservation is critical to the survival of endangered tigers. This paper develops a resource-allocation model for the protection of tiger habitats, using information on threats to particular tiger...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6495 Document Date: June 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dasgupta,Susmita,Hammer,Daniel Sussman,Kraft,Robin Murphy,Wheeler,David J.