Ebb and flow. Volume 1, Water, migration, and development / Esha Zaveri, Jason Russ, Amjad Khan, Richard Damania, Edoardo Borgomeo, and Anders Jägerskog.

Migration shapes the lives of those who move and transforms the geographies and economies of their points of departure and destinations alike. The water sector, and the availability of water itself, implicitly and explicitly shape migration flows. This publication presents new global evidence to adv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zaveri, Esha
Other Authors:	Russ, Jason (Economist), Khan, Amjad (Amjad Muhammad), Borgomeo, Edoardo, 1989-, Damania, Richard, Jägerskog, Anders
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2021]
Subjects:	Environmental refugees > Economic aspects. Water-supply > Economic aspects. Emigration and immigration > Environmental aspects. Water-supply. Emigration and immigration > Environmental aspects Water-supply Water-supply > Economic aspects
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Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Focus of the Report
Taking a Global, Long-Run Perspective
Stay or Go: Why and in What Context Do Water Shocks Induce Migration?
Water, Migration, and Human Capital Spillovers: Who Are the Typical Migrants and What Human Capital Do They Carry with Them?
The Cost of Day Zero Events: What Are the Development Implications for Shocks in the City?
Going with the Flow: The Policy Challenge
References
Chapter One Transitions and Transformations
Introduction
Focus of the Report
Climate Change and the Increasing Variability of Rainfall
Learning about Water's Role in Global Migration from Half a Billion Individual Records
Social Dimensions of Migration
Structure of the Report
References
Spotlight Inequality, Social Cohesion, and the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis at the Nexus of Water and Migration
Chapter Two Stay or Go?
Key Highlights
Introduction
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Estimating the Impacts of Water Shocks on Migration Decisions
Does Buffering Rural Income from Rainfall Shocks Influence Migration?
Irrigation Costs and Forest Loss
Water as a Conduit for Development
Notes
References
Chapter Three Water, Migration, and Human Capital Spillovers
Key Highlights
Introduction: The Human Capital Channel
From Temporal to Spatial Spillovers
Water Shocks, Distress Migration, and Workers' Skills
Productivity, Growth, and Welfare
Adaptation Strategies, Adjustment Channels, and Regional Specificities
Implications for Development Policy
Note
References
Chapter Four The Cost of Day Zero Events
Key Highlights
A Historical Perspective on Droughts and Cities
Learn from the Past or Be Doomed to Repeat It
The Importance of Water for Growth
Quantifying the Cost of Day Zero-Like Events
The Way Forward
Notes
References
Chapter Five Going with the Flow
The Policy Challenge
Policy Options at the Origin
Policy Options at the Destination
Weighing Policy Options
Annex 5A Projected Changes in Annual Rainfall in Africa
Notes
References
Boxes
Box 1.1: Water and the Urbanizing Force of Development
Box 1.2: Is Water a Locational Fundamental?
Box 1.3: COVID-19 (Coronovirus) Fallout
Box 1.4: Exploring Water Scarcity through Water Shocks
Box 1.5: Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning
Box 1.6: Social Cleavages Run Deep
Box 2.1: Using Disaggregated Global Data to Illuminate Water and Migration Links
Box 2.2: Choosing Not to Migrate
Box 2.3: Measuring the Buffering Effect of Gray and Green Infrastructure
Box 2.4: Water Shocks and Declining Wetlands
Box 2.5: Irrigation Costs and Forest Loss
Box 3.1: Examining Determinants of Migrants' Human Capital through Census Data

Ebb and flow. Volume 1, Water, migration, and development / Esha Zaveri, Jason Russ, Amjad Khan, Richard Damania, Edoardo Borgomeo, and Anders Jägerskog.

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