Understanding poverty-environment linkages at the household level
Poverty and environmental change at the macro scale
Environmental management and pathways to household welfare
Scope of the report
Some key conclusions
Local natural resources, poverty, and degradation: examining empirical regularities
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
Health outcomes and environmental pathogens
Theoretical linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions
Empirical evidence of linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions
How robust are the empirical findings?
Conclusions and tentative policy implications
Household welfare and policy reforms
Selected policy reforms: evidence from case studies
Challenges and data limitations
Conclusions
Directions for change
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.