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Ebb and flow. Volume 1, Water, migration, and development /
Migration shapes the lives of those who move and transforms the geographies and economies of their points of departure and destinations alike. The water sector, and the availability of water itself, implicitly and explicitly shape migration flows. This publication presents new global evidence to adv...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank Group,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Executive Summary
- Focus of the Report
- Taking a Global, Long-Run Perspective
- Stay or Go: Why and in What Context Do Water Shocks Induce Migration?
- Water, Migration, and Human Capital Spillovers: Who Are the Typical Migrants and What Human Capital Do They Carry with Them?
- The Cost of Day Zero Events: What Are the Development Implications for Shocks in the City?
- Going with the Flow: The Policy Challenge
- References
- Chapter One Transitions and Transformations
- Introduction
- Focus of the Report
- Climate Change and the Increasing Variability of Rainfall
- Learning about Water's Role in Global Migration from Half a Billion Individual Records
- Social Dimensions of Migration
- Structure of the Report
- References
- Spotlight Inequality, Social Cohesion, and the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis at the Nexus of Water and Migration
- Chapter Two Stay or Go?
- Key Highlights
- Introduction
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Estimating the Impacts of Water Shocks on Migration Decisions
- Does Buffering Rural Income from Rainfall Shocks Influence Migration?
- Irrigation Costs and Forest Loss
- Water as a Conduit for Development
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Three Water, Migration, and Human Capital Spillovers
- Key Highlights
- Introduction: The Human Capital Channel
- From Temporal to Spatial Spillovers
- Water Shocks, Distress Migration, and Workers' Skills
- Productivity, Growth, and Welfare
- Adaptation Strategies, Adjustment Channels, and Regional Specificities
- Implications for Development Policy
- Note
- References
- Chapter Four The Cost of Day Zero Events
- Key Highlights
- A Historical Perspective on Droughts and Cities
- Learn from the Past or Be Doomed to Repeat It
- The Importance of Water for Growth
- Quantifying the Cost of Day Zero-Like Events
- The Way Forward
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Five Going with the Flow
- The Policy Challenge
- Policy Options at the Origin
- Policy Options at the Destination
- Weighing Policy Options
- Annex 5A Projected Changes in Annual Rainfall in Africa
- Notes
- References
- Boxes
- Box 1.1: Water and the Urbanizing Force of Development
- Box 1.2: Is Water a Locational Fundamental?
- Box 1.3: COVID-19 (Coronovirus) Fallout
- Box 1.4: Exploring Water Scarcity through Water Shocks
- Box 1.5: Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning
- Box 1.6: Social Cleavages Run Deep
- Box 2.1: Using Disaggregated Global Data to Illuminate Water and Migration Links
- Box 2.2: Choosing Not to Migrate
- Box 2.3: Measuring the Buffering Effect of Gray and Green Infrastructure
- Box 2.4: Water Shocks and Declining Wetlands
- Box 2.5: Irrigation Costs and Forest Loss
- Box 3.1: Examining Determinants of Migrants' Human Capital through Census Data