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capital that are not yet fully incorporated in the wealth accounts: air pollution, marine fisheries, and ecosystems. This book …
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Somalia's natural capital is under substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict, and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan (Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified vulnerability to environmental shocks as one of the six major causes of poverty....
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Biologically diverse ecosystems in countries served by the World Bank provide an array of valuable economic services … occurs anyway, because many ecosystem benefits are of a public good nature, without markets that would reflect their real … understanding on how biodiversity is incorporated in a development agency such as the World Bank Group (WBG) and how the WBG can …
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This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the … implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those … pollution inhibit urban competitiveness? Second, why is this effect likely to grow in importance over time? Third, why have …
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