Social and Governance Dimensions of Climate Change : Implications for Policy

Foa, Roberto

dc.creator	Foa, Roberto
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:10:32Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:10:32Z
dc.date	2009-05-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:09:47Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:09:47Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090519141602
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4133
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/245170
dc.description	This paper addresses two vital concerns in the debate on adaptation to climate change. First, how can countries prepare to manage the impact of climate-change induced natural disasters? Second, how can countries ensure that they have the governmental institutions required to manage the phenomenal challenge of adaptation to climate change? A range of economic and institutional measures are tested for their potential effects on natural disaster resilience and the quality of environmental governance. The findings suggest an important role is played by social and political institutions in determining the ability of countries to adapt to climate change and respond to natural disasters, in particular in the degree to which countries have succeeded in gender empowerment and the development of a robust civil society and nonprofit sector. As the climate change challenge moves from that of "proving the facts" to that of "implementing change," the authors suggest that international policymakers, donors, and activists must increasingly focus on building domestic policy environments that are conducive to the delivery of more effective environmental legislation, for example through implementation of gender quotas and provision of support to civil society groups.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4939
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	BURDEN OF DISEASE
dc.subject	BUREAUCRACY
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
dc.subject	CIVIL LIBERTIES
dc.subject	CIVIL RIGHTS
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	CLEAN WATER
dc.subject	COLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subject	COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	CORRUPTION
dc.subject	CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	DEATH RATE
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DISASTER EVENTS
dc.subject	DISASTER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DISASTER RECOVERY
dc.subject	DISASTER RELIEF
dc.subject	DISASTER RESPONSE
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subject	DISPARITIES IN HEALTH
dc.subject	DIVISION OF LABOR
dc.subject	DROUGHTS
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKES
dc.subject	ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESOURCES
dc.subject	EMERGENCY RELIEF
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
dc.subject	ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTS
dc.subject	ETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subject	FAMINES
dc.subject	FEMALE CHILDREN
dc.subject	FEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subject	FEMALE MORTALITY
dc.subject	FEWER PEOPLE
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FULL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	FUTURE GENERATIONS
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subject	GENDER DISPARITIES
dc.subject	GENDER EQUITY
dc.subject	GENDER GAP
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE RESEARCH
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE VARIABLES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject	HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
dc.subject	HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	IMPROVEMENTS IN POLICIES
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	LAND ECONOMICS
dc.subject	LAND TENURE
dc.subject	LEGISLATORS
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	LOCAL CAPACITY
dc.subject	LOCAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MARKET ECONOMIES
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subject	MODERNIZATION
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATURAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE BASE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	NUMBER OF DEATHS
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES
dc.subject	PARTICIPATION IN DECISION
dc.subject	PEACE
dc.subject	PERCEPTIONS INDEX
dc.subject	POLICY FORMULATION
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY PROCESS
dc.subject	POLITICAL COMPETITION
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLITICAL FORCES
dc.subject	POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	POLITICAL PROCESS
dc.subject	POLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subject	POLLUTION LEVELS
dc.subject	POOR GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	PRACTITIONERS
dc.subject	PRODUCERS
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PROVISION OF SUPPORT
dc.subject	PUBLIC DEBATE
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject	PUBLIC LIFE
dc.subject	PUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	QUOTAS
dc.subject	RADIO
dc.subject	RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	RECYCLING
dc.subject	RELIGIOUS GROUPS
dc.subject	RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RISK OF DEATH
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL WOMEN
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SECURITY SITUATION
dc.subject	SMALL COUNTRIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONFLICTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL RESEARCH
dc.subject	SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	SOIL EROSION
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TSUNAMI
dc.subject	TSUNAMIS
dc.subject	UNOBSERVED COMPONENTS MODEL
dc.subject	VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
dc.subject	WATER POLLUTION
dc.subject	WIND STORMS
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.title	Social and Governance Dimensions of Climate Change : Implications for Policy
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region