The objective of the Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) is to assess the adequacy and performance of the policy, legal, and institutional framework for environmental management in Ukraine, in light of...
The objective of the Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) is to assess the adequacy and performance of the policy, legal, and institutional framework for environmental management in Ukraine, in light of...
Energy Intensive Sectors of the Indian Economy: Path to Low Carbon Development is the product of a collaborative effort between the World Bank and the Government of India, under the overall leadership...
This issue, which serves as the annual review on the environment, looks at the Bank's work from July 2002 through June 2003, dedicated this year to Water and the Environment, on the occasion of the Fifth...
Recognition that the environment in which people live - from the household to the community to the global level - significantly affects their health, has only recently suggested the global burden of disease...
In developing country cities, fuel use for transport is a growing contributor to air pollution and environmental health risks. One way of applying the polluter pays principle to transport is to adjust...
This paper highlights links between environment, health, and poverty, and discusses implications for the Bank strategy to address environmental health concerns. It shows that environmental risks have a...
Among the potential effects of fossil fuel combustion are urban air pollution, acid rain, and changes in global climate. A study of six cities in developing countries and of an industrial area in Poland...
The handbook has been prepared to update and replace the "1988 Environmental Guidelines." The Handbook is specifically designed to be used in the context of the World Bank Group's environmental policies...
The handbook has been prepared to update and replace the "1988 Environmental Guidelines." The Handbook is specifically designed to be used in the context of the World Bank Group's environmental policies...
Among the tools available for decisionmakers for assessing environmental problems and arriving at cost-effective solutions is the Decision Support System for Integrated Pollution Control (DSS/IPC). This...
This report answers the question, Does paying too much attention to environmental problems slow economic growth and industrialization? Although the Asia/Pacific region may say yes and the experience of...
Pollution charges are becoming an increasingly popular instrument for environmental policy. Currently, they are widely applied in OECD countries, play a key role among environmental policy instruments...