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World Resources 2005 -- The Wealth of the Poor: Managing ecosystems to fight poverty
The Bottom Line: The Principal Messages from World Resources 2005
World Resources 2005: Select graphics
World Resources 2005: Table of Contents
Foreword: Making the Wealth of Nature Work for the Poor
Chapter 1: Nature, Power, and Poverty
Linking Ecosystems, Governance, and Poverty
The Persistence of Poverty
Box 1.1 The Dimensions of Poverty
Profiling Households in Bolivia, 1999-2003
Quantifying Poverty
The Many Measures of Poverty
Living on $2 Per Day
$1 and $2 Per Day Poverty Trends, 1981-2001
Box 1.1: References
Growth Alone Is Not Enough
Environment Matters to the Poor
Box 1.2 Life on a Dollar a Day
Nature as an Economic Stepping Stone
Better Governance Is Vital for Higher Incomes
Box 1.3 Health, Environment, and Poverty
The Environment as a Route to Democratic Governance
Linking Environment and Governance in the Global Poverty Fight
From Vulnerability to Wealth
Box 1.4 Poverty and Governance in a Global Frame
Chapter 1: References A-M
Chapter 1: References N-Z
Chapter 2: Ecosystems and the Livelihoods of the Poor
Chapter 3: The Role of Governance
Chapter 4: Four Steps to Greater Environmental Income
Chapter 5: Turning Natural Assets Into Wealth: Case studies
Special Section: Global Development Policies -- Making the MDGs and PRSPs Work for the Poor and the Environment
What's it worth?
Ecology is key to effective aid, UN told
Environment key to helping poor
Living on $2 Per Day
WRR05, Living on $2/day page 9
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World map showing percentage of people living under $2/day.