Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality

Andersen, Lykke E.; Verner, Dorte

dc.creator	Andersen, Lykke E.
dc.creator	Verner, Dorte
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:13:14Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:13:14Z
dc.date	2009-10-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:38:03Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:38:03Z
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_20091026085048
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4284
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249784
dc.description	This paper analyzes the direct evidence of climate change in Bolivia during the past 60 years, and estimates how these changes have affected life expectancy and consumption levels for each of the 311 municipalities in Bolivia. Contrary to the predictions of most general circulation models, the evidence shows a consistent cooling trend of about 0.2°C per decade over all highland areas, slight and scattered evidence of warming in the lowlands, and no systematic changes in precipitation. The estimations indicate that the 1°C cooling experienced in the already cold highlands over the past five decades likely has reduced consumption possibilities by about 2-3 percent in these areas. Since the much richer population in the lowlands have benefitted slightly from recent climate change, the simulations suggest that recent climate change has contributed to an increase in inequality and poverty in Bolivia. Poor and indigenous peoples in the highlands are among the most severely affected populations. No statistically significant effect on life expectancy was found.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5092
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AGGREGATE LEVEL
dc.subject	ALTITUDE
dc.subject	ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE
dc.subject	AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	CALCULATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE DATA
dc.subject	CLIMATE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODELS
dc.subject	CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	CLIMATE VARIABLES
dc.subject	CLIMATES
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATIC DATA
dc.subject	CLIMATOLOGY
dc.subject	CLOUD COVER
dc.subject	CLOUDS
dc.subject	COLD CLIMATES
dc.subject	DAILY TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	DESERTS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DRY SEASON
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSION ABATEMENT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject	FROST
dc.subject	FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GLACIAL MELT
dc.subject	GLACIERS
dc.subject	GLOBAL TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	HARSH CLIMATES
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
dc.subject	ICE
dc.subject	ICE AGE
dc.subject	ICE CORES
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	IRRADIATION
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LOCAL CLIMATES
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	OXYGEN
dc.subject	PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	PP
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	RAIN
dc.subject	RAINFOREST
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject	RELATIVE HUMIDITY
dc.subject	RESOURCE ECONOMICS
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	SCENARIOS
dc.subject	SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL
dc.subject	SEASON
dc.subject	SNOWFALL
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SUMMER TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE ANOMALY
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE CHANGE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE CHANGES
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE DATA
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE RANGE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE RECORDS
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE VARIABLES
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS
dc.subject	TROPICAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	TROPICS
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	WEATHER
dc.subject	WEATHER STATIONS
dc.subject	WINTER TEMPERATURES
dc.title	Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	South America
dc.coverage	America
dc.coverage	Bolivia