Environments of the Poor in Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814517992 ISBN 13: 9789814517997

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2013

Synopsis

This book provides examples of possible triple-win solutions for simultaneously reducing poverty, raising the quality of the environment, and adapting to climate change. The book provides empirical evidence and observations from sixteen case studies in Southeast and East Asia, and from the Pacific. It argues that a spatial approach focussing on the environments in which the poor and vulnerable live, would trigger changes for development policies and implementation that better balance environmental and social concerns. In line with the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda, emphasizing integrated development approaches for the slum poor, the upland poor, the dryland poor, the coastal poor, and the flood-affected wetland poor, would also bring the environment and poverty agenda closer.

About this title

About the Authors

Aris Ananta is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore.

•Armin Bauer is principal economist in ADB's Regional and Sustasinable Development Department.

Myo Thant is a Myanmar national who received his academic degrees from the Institute of Economics, Rangoon and New York University. Prior to joining the Asian Development Bank he worked at the United Nations and taught at NYU.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814517992
• ISBN 13: 9789814517997
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Ananta Aris, Bauer Armin, Thant Myo