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1 Pagiola, S.; Martin-Hurtado, R.; Shyamsundar, P.; Mani, M.; Silva, P. 2002. Generating public sector resources to finance sustainable development: Revenue and incentive effects. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. ix, 132p. (World Bank technical paper no.538: Environment series)

Public sector ; Irrigation water ; Cost recovery ; Domestic water ; Water rates ; User charges ; Forestry

(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.4 G000 PAG Record No: H037623)

2 Mani, M.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Chonabayashi, S.; Markandya, A.; Mosier, T. 2018. South Asia’s hotspots: the impact of temperature and precipitation changes on living standards. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 101p. (South Asia Development Matters) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1155-5]

Climate change ; Living standards ; Extreme weather events ; Temperature ; Precipitation ; Forecasting ; Resilience ; Greenhouse gases ; Carbon ; Water availability ; Monsoon climate ; Gross national product ; Policies ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Indicators ; Models ; Uncertainty / South Asia / Bangladesh / India / Sri Lanka / Pakistan / Nepal / Afghanistan

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049071)

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South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change. Average temperatures have been rising throughout the region, and rainfall has become more erratic. These changes are projected to continue accruing over the coming decades. South Asia’s Hotspots: The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards is the first book of its kind to provide granular spatial analysis of the long-term impacts of changes in average temperature and precipitation on one of the world’s poorest regions. South Asia’s Hotspots finds that higher temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns will reduce living standards in communities across South Asia—locations that the book terms hotspots. More than 800 million people in South Asia currently live in communities that are projected to become hotspots under a carbon-intensive climate scenario. Global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the severity of hotspots. Diverse and robust development is the best overall prescription to help people in hotspots. The book also suggests actions tailored to each country in the region such as increasing employment in non-agricultural sectors, improving educational attainment, and expanding access to electricity that would offset the declines in living standards associated with hotspots. South Asia’s Hotspots complements previous studies detailing the impacts of sea-level rise and extreme events on the people of South Asia. Together, these bodies of work create a sound analytical basis for investing in targeted policies and actions to build climate resilience throughout the region.