Showing 1 - 10 of 821
Urbanization and climate change will define much of the 21st century. Urbanization leads to improvement in standards of living, and through the increased density and service delivery efficiency of cities, higher growth can be achieved with lower greenhouse gas emissions. Cities and urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247461
Three billion people will be added to the world's population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523818
Three billion people will be added to the world's population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523821
Three billion people will be added to the world ' s population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today … integrally with economic growth. Now in its 25th edition, this year ' s World Development Report examines, over a 50 year period …, and protecting the environment. The World Development Report 2003 emphasizes that many good policies have been identified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552119
This staff sector assessment note accompanies the recently completed national environmental action plan for sustainable development (NEAP-SD), which, as an output of the Industrial Pollution Control Project in Algeria, focused on charting a new course for environmental management in the country,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558754
The Sustainable Development Network (SDN) calls for elevating the environment into upstream processes such as policy, programmatic, and investment dialogue. In its 2002 environment strategy, the Bank committed to use strategic environmental assessments (SEAs), an environmental planning tool for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012556790
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524145
This Strategy Note sets out a framework for World Bank involvement in the environment sector in the immediate to medium … Social Development Plan (1997-2001) and the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy for 1998. This report is organized in … green, blue, and brown agendas. Section 4 presents emerging challenges and the approach used in setting priorities for World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558963
This report represents a further chapter in the dialogue between the World Bank and the People's Republic of China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563608