Documentos e Relatórios
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Implementing nature based flood protection : principles and implementation guidance (Inglês)
Effective flood risk management is critical to protect people and their livelihoods from flooding and to limit future losses. Nature-based measures and their ability to address flood risk are receiving...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho No. do relatório: 120735 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2017 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: van Wesenbeeck,Bregje K.,IJff,Stephanie,Jongman,Brenden,Balog,Simone Andrea Breunig,Kaupa,Stefanie Magdalena,Bosche,Lauren Vuillemot,Lange,Glenn-Marie,Holm-Nielsen,Niels B.,Nieboer,Henk,Taishi,Yusuke,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Meliane,Imen
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Climate change and agriculture : a review of impacts and adaptations (Inglês)
The vulnerability of the agricultural sector to both climate change and variability is well established in the literature. The general consensus is that changes in temperature and precipitation will result...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho ambiental No. do relatório: 78739 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Rosenthal,Shane J.
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The impact of water supply variability on treaty cooperation between international bilateral river basin riparian states (Inglês)
This paper assesses the impact of water supply variability on treaty cooperation between international bilateral river basin riparian states. Climate change is anticipated to change the variability of...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS5307 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Blankespoor,Brian,Dinar,Ariel,Dinar,Shlomi,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.
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How will climate change shift agro-ecological zones and impact African agriculture ?,How will climate change shift agro-ecological zones and impact African agriculture ?,How will climate change shift agro-ecological zones and impact African agriculture ? (Inglês)
The study develops a new method to measure the impacts of climate change on agriculture called the Agro-Ecological Zone (AEZ) Model. A multinomial logit is estimated to predict the probability of each...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4717 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Mendelsohn,Robert
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Differential adaptation strategies to climate change in African cropland by agro-ecological zones,Differential adaptation strategies to climate change in African cropland by agro-ecological zones,Differential adaptation strategies to climate change in African cropland by agro-ecological zones (Inglês)
This paper quantifies how African farmers have adapted their crop and irrigation decisions to their farm's current agro-ecological zone. The results indicate that farmers carefully consider the climate...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4600 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Seo,Sungno Niggol,Mendelsohn,Robert,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Dinar,Ariel,Hassan, Rashid
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Long-term adaptation : selecting farm types across agro-ecological zones in Africa,Long-term adaptation : selecting farm types across agro-ecological zones in Africa,Long-term adaptation : selecting farm types across agro-ecological zones in Africa (Inglês)
Using economic data from more than 8,500 household surveys across 10 African countries, this paper examines whether the choice of farm type depends on the climate and agro-ecological zone of each farm...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4602 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Seo,Sungno Niggol,Mendelsohn,Robert,Dinar,Ariel,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Hassan, Rashid
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Differential adaptation strategies by agro-ecological zones in African livestock management (Inglês)
This paper examines how farmers have adapted their livestock operation to the current climate in each agro-ecological zone in Africa. The authors examine how climate has affected the farmer's choice to...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4601 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Seo,Sungno Niggol,Mendelsohn,Robert,Dinar,Ariel,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.
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A ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on agriculture across agro-ecological zones in Africa,A ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on agriculture across agro-ecological zones in Africa,A ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on agriculture across agro-ecological zones in Africa (Inglês)
This paper examines the distribution of climate change impacts across the 16 agro-ecological zones in Africa using data from the Food and Agriculture Organization combined with economic survey data from...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4599 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Seo,Sungno Niggol,Mendelsohn,Robert,Dinar,Ariel,Hassan, Rashid,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.
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The impact of climate change on African agriculture : a ricardian approach,The impact of climate change on African agriculture : a ricardian approach,The impact of climate change on African agriculture : a ricardian approach (Inglês)
This paper uses the Ricardian approach to examine how farmers in 11 countries in Africa have adapted to existing climatic conditions. It then estimates the effects of predicted changes in climate while...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4306 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Maddison,David James,Manley, Marita
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A ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland,A ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland,A ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland (Inglês)
This study examines the impact of climate change on cropland in Africa. It is based on a survey of more than 9,000 farmers in 11 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4305 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Mendelsohn,Robert
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Crop selection : adapting to climage change in Africa,Crop selection : adapting to climage change in Africa,Crop selection : adapting to climage change in Africa (Inglês)
This paper examines whether the choice of crops is affected by climate in Africa. Using a multinomial logit model, the paper regresses crop choice on climate, soils, and other factors. The model is estimated...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4307 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Mendelsohn,Robert
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Endogenous irrigation : the impact of climate change on farmers in Africa,Endogenous irrigation : the impact of climate change on farmers in Africa,Endogenous irrigation : the impact of climate change on farmers in Africa (Inglês)
Previous Ricardian analyses of agriculture have either omitted irrigation or treated irrigation as though it is exogenous. In practice, it is a choice by farmers that is sensitive to climate. This paper...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4278 Data do documento: 1 de julho de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Mendelsohn,Robert
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Scarperation : an empirical inquiry into the role of scarcity in fostering cooperation between international river riparians (Inglês)
The environment and security literature has argued that freshwater scarcity often leads to inter-state conflict, and possibly acute violence. The contention, however, ignores the long history of hydro-political...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4294 Data do documento: 1 de julho de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Dinar, Shlomi,Dinar,Ariel,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.
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Will African agriculture survive climate change? (Inglês)
Measurement of the likely magnitude of the economic impact of climate change on African agriculture has been a challenge. Using data from a survey of more than 9,000 farmers across 11 African countries...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 77529 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Benhin, James,Deressa,Temesgen Tadasse,Dinar,Ariel,Diop, Mbaye,Eid, Helmy Mohamed,El-Marsafawy, Samia,Fosu, K Yerfi,Gbetibouo,Glwadys Aymone,Hassan, Rashid H,Jain, Suman,Kabubo-Mariara,Jane Wanjiku,Maddison,David James,Mahamadou, Ali,Mano, Renneth,Mendelsohn,Robert,Molua,Ernest Lytia,Ouda,Samiha Abo Elfetouh,Ouedraogo,Mathieu M.,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Sene, Isidor,Seo,Sungno Niggol
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The World Bank economic review 20 (3) (Inglês)
The primacy of institutions reconsidered: direct income effects of malaria prevalence by Kai Carstensen, and Erich Gundlacb; when is external debt sustainable? By Aart Kraay, and Vikram Nehru; will African...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 43617 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Alderman,Harold H.,Benbin, James,Carstensen, Kai,Deressa,Temesgen Tadasse,Dinar,Ariel,Diop, Mbaye,El-Marsafawy, Samia,Fajnzylber,Pablo,Fosu, K. Yerfi,Gbetibouo,Glwadys Aymone,Gundlacb, Erich,Hassan, Rashid,Jain, Suman,Kabubo-Mariara,Jane Wanjiku,Kraay,Aart C.,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Larson,Donald F.,Ocadiz Leon,Mauricio,Mabamadou, Ali,Maddison,David James,Maloney,William F.,Mano, Rennetb,Mendelsohn,Robert,Molua,Ernest Lytia,Nehru,Vikram,Ouda,Samiha Abo Elfetouh,Ouedraogo, Matbieu,Montes Rojas,Gabriel Victorio,Seo,Sungno Niggol,Sine, Isidor,Stifel,David C.,amed Eid, Helmy
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Cross-sectional analyses of climate change impacts,Cross-sectional analyses of climate change impacts,Cross-sectional analyses of climate change impacts,Cross-sectional analyses of climate change impacts (Inglês)
The authors explore the use of cross-sectional analysis to measure the impacts of climate change on agriculture. The impact literature, using experiments on crops in laboratory settings combined with simulation...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS3350 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2004 Autor: Basist,Alan,Dinar,Ariel,Ajwad,Mohamed Ihsan,Kogan, Felix,Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H.,Mendelsohn,Robert,Williams, Claude