Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Environment and Development -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Understanding Poverty-Environment Linkages at the Household Level -- Introduction -- Poverty and Environmental Change at the Macro Scale -- Environmental Management and Pathways to Household Welfare -- Scope of the Report -- Some Key Conclusions -- Environmental Income Matters to the Poor -- Health Outcomes Are Strongly Linked to the Environment in Poor Countries -- Environment and Natural Resource Reforms Can Improve the Welfare of the Poor -- Better Analytical Tools Are Needed -- Note -- CHAPTER 2 Local Natural Resources, Poverty, and Degradation: Examining Empirical Regularities -- Introduction -- The Importance of Environmental Income to the Poor -- Commons as a Source of Insurance -- The Effect of Growth on Local Resource Use -- Welfare Impacts of Degradation -- The Role of Poverty in Environmental Change -- Conclusions -- Notes -- CHAPTER 3 Health Outcomes and Environmental Pathogens -- Introduction -- Theoretical Linkages between Health Outcomes and Environmental Conditions -- The Analytical Framework -- Problems Affecting Empirical Research -- Empirical Evidence of Linkages between Health Outcomes and Environmental Conditions -- Child Mortality -- Access to safe water -- Access to electricity -- Age-related risks -- Child Morbidity from Diarrheal Disease -- Child Malnutrition -- Health Risks Induced by Indoor Air Pollution -- How Robust Are the Empirical Findings? -- Conclusions and Tentative Policy Implications -- Notes -- CHAPTER 4 Household Welfare and Policy Reforms -- Introduction -- Selected Policy Reforms: Evidence from Case Studies -- Creating Common Property Rights in Namibia and Nepal -- Namibia -- Nepal -- Strengthening Private Property Rights in China -- Creating Incentives for Better Management in the Philippines.

Participating in Novel Markets in Nicaragua -- Increasing Access to Services in Argentina -- Challenges and Data Limitations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CHAPTER 5 Directions for Change -- Introduction -- Use of Local Natural Resources -- Design Principles for Improving Environmental Health -- Better Data for Monitoring Change -- Policy Reforms for Managing the Environment and Reducing Poverty -- Moving Forward -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.