"New research on urban air pollution casts doubt on the conventional view of the relationship between economic growth … and environmental quality. This view holds that pollution automatically increases until societies reach middle … show in this paper, the empirical relationship between pollution and income becomes much weaker when measures of governance …

This report provides estimates of social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution … damage categories: (i) urban air pollution, including particulate matter and lead; (ii) inadequate water supply, poor … sanitation, and hygiene; (iii) indoor air pollution; and four natural resource damage categories: (a) agricultural damage from …

This report represents a further chapter in the dialogue between the World Bank and the People's Republic of China … about how to promote economic growth and protect China's environment. There are three cross-cutting issues that keep …

inform the policy-making process in line with the government of China s medium- and long-term objectives. Specifically the …

This report is a summary of research work coordinated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) China in 2003-2005, to prepare … Implementation Guidelines for Poverty and Environment Work (IGPEW) in China. This report describes the research in two provinces …

"In this paper the authors investigate individuals' exposure to indoor air pollution. Using new survey data from … across households attributable to income and education. Within households, they relate individuals' exposure to pollution in … (Dasgupta and others, 2004), which relate pollution variation across households to choices of cooking fuel, cooking locations …

"Indoor air pollution (IAP) from cooking and heating is estimated to kill a million children annually in developing …, dung, and other biomass fuels. The econometric results indicate that fuel choice significantly affects indoor pollution …