Industry compliance with pollution regulations is far from universal, even in North America. In developing countries, compliance rates are often quite low, particularly where budgets for regulation are low or inspectors are corrupt. And strictness of enforcement varies. Regulators are reluctant to impose stiff penalties on financially strapped plants that are major employers, and in many developing countries state-owned plants are treated more leniently...
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1997/05/31
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS1761
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2010/07/01
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Bending the rules : discretionary pollution control in China
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effluent concentration