Livelihood asset maps: A multidimensional approach to measuring risk-management capacity and adaptation policy targeting-a case study in Bhutan

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-233

  Jakobsen, Kristian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Heterogeneity; Livelihood assets; Multidimensional welfare; Pro poor adaptation; Risk management; Spatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875427087     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0320-7     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Alderman H, Haque T (2007) Insurance against covariate shocks: the role of index-based insurance in social protection in low-income countries of Africa. African Human Development Series, World Bank Working Paper no. 95, Washington, DC, World Bank.
2. Alkire S, Foster J (2009) Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Working Paper no. 32, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford.
3. Alkire S, Santos ME (2010) Multidimensional poverty index: research brief. Oxford poverty & human development initiative. Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford.
4. Amin S, Rai AS, Topa G (2003) Does microcredit reach the poor and vulnerable? Evidence from northern Bangladesh. J Dev Econ 70: 59-82. doi: 10. 1016/S0304-3878(02)00087-1.
5. Barnett B, Barrett CB, Skees J (2008) Poverty traps and index-based risk transfer products. World Dev 36: 1766-1785. doi: 10. 1016/j. worlddev. 2007. 10. 016.
6. Barrera-Osorio F, Bertrand M, Lindin L, Perez-Calle F (2008) Conditional cash transfers in education: design features, peer and sibling effects. Evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia. Policy Research Working Paper 4580, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
7. Barrett CB (2007) Poverty traps and resource dynamics in smallholder agrarian systems. In: Delink R, Ruijs A (eds), Economics of poverty, environment and natural-resource use. Wageningen UR Frontier Series 25, Springer, The Netherlands.
8. Barrett CB, Marenya PP, McPeak J, Minten B, Murithi F, Oluoch-Kosura W, Place F, Randrianarisoa JC, Rasambainarivo J, Wangila J (2006) Welfare dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar. J Dev Stud 42: 248-277. doi: 10. 1080/00220380500405394.
9. Baud I, Sridharan N, Pfeffer K (2008) Mapping urban poverty for local governance in an Indian mega-city: the case of Delhi. Urban Stud 45: 1385-1412. doi: 10. 1177/0042098008090679.
10. Bebbington A (1999) Capitals and capabilities: a framework for analyzing peasant viability, rural livelihoods and poverty. World Dev 27: 2021-2044. doi: 10. 1016/S0305-750X(99)00104-7.
11. Benson T (2006) Insights from poverty maps for development and food relief program targeting: an application to Malawi. Food and Consumption Division Discussion Paper 205, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC.
12. Bigman D, Srinivasan PV (2002) Geographical targeting of poverty alleviation programs: methodology and applications in rural India. J Policy Model 24: 237-255. doi: 10. 1016/S0161-8938(02)00108-4.
13. Booysen F, van Der Berg S, Burger R, Von Maltitz M, Du Rand G (2008) Using an asset index to assess trends in poverty in seven Sub-Saharan African countries. World Dev 36(6): 1113-1130. doi: 10. 1016/j. worlddev. 2007. 10. 008.
14. Brooks N, Adger WN, Kelly PM (2005) The determinants of vulnerability and adaptive capacity at the national level and the implications for adaptation. Global Environ Chang 15: 151-163. doi: 10. 1016/j. gloenvcha. 2004. 12. 006.
15. Carter MR, Barrett CB (2006) The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: an asset-based approach. J Dev Stud 42: 178-199. doi: 10. 1080/00220380500405261.
16. Carter MR, Little P, Mogues T, Negatu W (2007) Poverty traps and natural disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras. World Dev 35: 835-856. doi: 10. 1016/j. worlddev. 2006. 09. 010.
17. Chantarat S, Mude AG, Barrett CB (2009) Willingness to pay for index based livestock insurance: results from a field experiment in Northern Kenya. Mimeo (available at http://www. ilri. org/ibli/images/stories/Chantarat_et_al__WTP2009. pdf).
18. Danish International Development Assistance (Danida) (2008) Climate change screening of Danish development cooperation with Bhutan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
19. De Janvry A, Sadoulet E (2004) Conditional cash transfer programs: are they really magic bullets? University of California at Berkeley, Mimeo.
20. Debels P, Szlafstein C, Aldunce P, Neri C, Carvajal Y, Quintero-Angel M, Celis A, Bezanilla A, Martínez D (2009) IUPA: a tool for the evaluation of the general usefulness of practices for adaptation to climate change and variability. Nat Hazards 50: 211-233. doi: 10. 1007/s11069-008-9333-4.
21. Devereux S (2001) Livelihood insecurity and social protection: a re-emerging issue in rural development. Dev Policy Rev 19: 507-519. doi: 10. 1111/1467-7679. 00148.
22. DFID (1999) Sustainable livelihoods guidance sheets. DFID, London.
23. Dixon J, Hellin J, Erenstein O, Kosina P (2007) U-impact pathway for diagnosis and impact assessment of crop improvement. J Agric Sci 145: 195-206. doi: 10. 1017/S0021859607007046.
24. Eakin H, Bojórquez-Tapia LA (2008) Insights into the composition of household vulnerability from multicriteria decision analysis. Glob Environ Chang 18: 112-127. doi: 10. 1016/j. gloenvcha. 2007. 09. 001.
25. Elbers C, Lanjouw JO, Lanjouw P (2003) Micro-level estimation of poverty and inequality. Econometrica 71: 355-364. doi: 10. 1111/1468-0262. 00399.
26. Erenstein O, Hellin J, Chandna P (2010) Poverty mapping based on livelihood assets: a meso-level application in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India. Appl Geogr 30: 112-125. doi: 10. 1016/j. apgeog. 2009. 05. 001.
27. Fajth G, Vinay C (2010) Conditional cash transfers: a global perspective. mdg insights-issue 1. UNDG Policy Network for MDGs.
28. Fields S (2005) Why Africa's climate change burden is greater. Environ Health Perspect 113: A534-A537.
29. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) (2008) Climate change and food security: a framework document. FAO, Rome.
30. Fujii T (2008) How well can we target aid with rapidly collected Data? Empirical results for poverty mapping from Cambodia. World Dev 36: 1830-1842. doi: 10. 1016/j. worlddev. 2007. 10. 013.
31. Gbetitouo G (2009) Understanding farmer's perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability: the case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa. IFPRI Discussion Paper 00849, IFPRI, Washington, DC.
32. Gbetitouo G, Ringler C, Hassan R (2010) Vulnerability of the South African farming sector to climate change and variability: an indicator approach. Nat Resour Forum 34: 175-187. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1477-8947. 2010. 01302. x.
33. Grosh M, Del Ninno C, Tesliuc E, Ouergi A (2008) For protection and promotion: the design and implementation of effective safety nets. The World Bank, Washington, DC.
34. Hahn MB, Riederer AM, Foster SO (2009) The livelihood vulnerability index: a pragmatic approach to assessing risks from climate variability and change-a case study in Mozambique. Glob Environ Chang 19: 74-88. doi: 10. 1016/j. gloenvcha. 2008. 11. 002.
35. Hammill A, Matthew R, McCarter E (2008) Microfinance and climate change adaptation. IDS Bull-I Dev Stud 39: 113-122. Doi: 10. 1111/j. 1759-5436. 2008. tb00484. x.
36. Hardee K, Mutunga C (2010) Strengthening the link between climate change adaptation and national development plans: lessons from the case of population in National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs). Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change 15: 113-126. doi: 10. 1007/s11027-009-9208-3.
37. Heltberg R (2007) Helping South Asia cope better with natural disasters: the role of social protection. Dev Policy Rev 25: 681-698. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1467-7679. 2007. 00392. x.
38. Heltberg R, Siegel PB, Jorgensen SL (2009) Addressing human vulnerability to climate change: toward a 'no-regrets' approach. Glob Environ Chang 19: 89-99. doi: 10. 1016/j. gloenvcha. 2008. 11. 003.
39. Holzmann R, Jorgensen S (2000) Social risk management: a new conceptual framework for social protection, and beyond. Social Protection Discussion Paper no. 0006, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
40. IPCC (2007a) Climate change 2007: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. In: Parry M, Canziana O, Palutikof P, van der Linden P, Hanson C (eds) Contribution of working group II to the fourth assessment report. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
41. IPCC (2007b) Climate change 2007: the physical science basis. In: Solomon S, Qin M, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis M, Averyt K, Tignor M, Miller H (eds) Contribution of working group I to the fourth assessment report of the IPCC. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
42. Kristjanson P, Radeny M, Baltenweck I, Ogutu J, Notenbaert A (2005) Livelihood mapping and poverty correlates at a meso-level in Kenya. Food Policy 30: 568-583. doi: 10. 1016/j. foodpol. 2005. 10. 002.
43. Lang C, Barrett CB, Naschold F (2010) Targeting maps: an asset-based approach to geographic targeting. Cornell University, Mimeo.
44. Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (2006) National disaster risk management framework: reducing disaster risks for a safe and happy Bhutan. Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs. Thimphu, Bhutan.
45. Minot N, Baulch B, Epprecht M (2006) Poverty and inequality in Vietnam: spatial patterns and geographic determinants. IFPRI Research Report No. 148, IFPRI, Washington, DC.
46. Mool PK, Wangda D, Bajracharya SR, Kunzang K, Gurung DR, Joshi SP (2001) Inventory of glaciers, glacial lakes, and glacial lake outburst floods: monitoring and early warning systems in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region - Bhutan. Kathmandu, ICIMOD.
47. Morduch J (1999) The microfinance promise. J Econ Lit 37: 1569-1614. doi: 10. 1257/jel. 37. 4. 1569.
48. Moser C (2006) Asset-based approaches to poverty reduction in a globalized context: an introduction to asset accumulation policy and summary of workshop findings. Brookings Institution, Washington.
49. Moser C, Satterthwaite D (2008) Towards pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries. Human settlements discussion paper series. Climate change and cities discussion paper 3. IIED.
50. Namgyel T (2003) Country presentation on Bhutan. Paper presented at UNFCCC expert workshop on local coping strategies and technologies for adaptation to climate change, October 2003, New Delhi, India.
51. National Environment Commission (2009) Strategizing climate change for Bhutan. Royal Government of Bhutan.
52. National Statistics Bureau (2007) Poverty analysis report 2007. Royal Government of Bhutan.
53. Osman-Elasha B, Goutbi N, Spanger-Siegfried E, Dougherty B, Hanafi A, Zakieldeen S, Sanjak A, Atti H, Elhassan H (2006) Adaptation strategies to increase human resilience against climate variability and change: lessons from the arid regions of Sudan. AIACC working paper no. 42, AIACC project.
54. Perge E (2010) Testing a poverty trap mechanism with Tsimane' panel data. Chronic poverty research center working paper No. 158, Chronic Poverty Research Centre, University of Sussex.
55. Sahn D, Stifel D (2000) Poverty comparisons over time and across countries in Africa. World Dev 28: 2123-2155. doi: 10. 1016/S0305-750X(00)00075-9.
56. Santos ME, Ura K (2008) Multidimensional poverty in Bhutan: estimates and policy implications. OPHI working paper no. 14, Oxford poverty and human development initiative, Oxford University.
57. Sen A (1981) Poverty and famines: an essay on entitlement and deprivation, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
58. Siegel PB, Alwang J, Jorgensen S (2003) Rediscovering vulnerability through a risk chain: views from different disciplines. Q J Int Agric 42: 351-370.
59. Tache B, Sjaastad E (2010) Pastoralists' conceptions of poverty: an analysis of traditional and conventional indicator from Borana, Ethiopia. World Dev 38: 1168-1178. doi: 10. 1016/j. worlddev. 2010. 01. 001.
60. Verner D (2010) Introduction. In: Verner D (ed) Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate. The World Bank, Washington, DC.
61. Vincent K (2007) Uncertainty in adaptive capacity and the importance of scale. Glob Environ Chang 17: 12-24. doi: 10. 1016/j. gloenvcha. 2006. 11. 009.
62. World Bank (2010) Bhutan economic update, April, 2010. The World Bank, Washington, DC.
63. Yamin F, Rahman A, Huq S (2005) Vulnerability, adaptation and climate disasters: a conceptual overview. IDS Bull-I Dev Stud 36: 1-14. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1759-5436. 2005. tb00231. x.