Economics of Climate Change in the Arab World: Case Studies from the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and the Republic of Yemen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821398463)

This book takes both a global as well as a local perspective in assessing the impacts of climate change on the economy, agricultural sector, and households in three of the MENA countries; Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. The major channels of impact for global climate change are through changing world food (and energy) prices, especially since all the countries under analysis are or have become net importers of oil and petroleum products and many food commodities in recent years. The impacts of local climate change decrease crop yields in the longer run and through them, productivity in the agricultural sector and all the implications this may have on both, the livelihoods of those dependent on the sector as well as the rest of the economy.

Author: Dorte Verner
ISBN-10: 0821398466
ISBN-13: 9780821398463
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2013
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.33d