Poverty and environmental stress fuel Darfur crisis

Darfur overshadows "forgotten" crisis in neighbouring Uganda.

on mosquito nets and insecticides. “Some countries tax mosquito nets at the same rate as an Armani suit. At the Abuja summit all the African heads of state agreed to stop this but few countries have followed this through,” De Savigny said adding: “Tanzania was one country that did so and now has one of the highest net coverages in Africa. In comparison, Nigeria still applies a 70% tax on nets”....

Understanding fuel expenditure: Fuel poverty and spending on fuel

The Looming Environmental Crisis

water contaminants and bacteria that increases the risk of becoming ill (9-11). Even more worrisome is that this only appears to be the beginning since the global shift in climate and temperatures are expected to worsen in the coming years, since the world appears to be committed to several more decades of warming (9). An equally worrying trend has also been observed in air quality and the pote...

Fuel Poverty: Evidence from Housing Perspective

The literature has traditionally approached fuel poverty as a result of poverty. Fuel poor are those households who cannot pay fuel bill and have to live in cold ambient, with grave effects on their health. As fuel poverty is actually considered in poverty’s analysis, there is little discussion about whether homeowners (who own housing wealth and, theoretically, cannot be poor) could suffer thi...

1 Stress Testing for the Poverty Impacts of the Next Crisis

These three steps are somewhat different in nature and require different types of fora for discussion and debate. The third step has to be formulated in the context of overall development financing, and indeed a permanent “Crisis Response Window” is being discussed in the context of the current IDA16 replenishment. The second step comes close to “normal business” for donor agencies, although th...