This study provides estimates of social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution … damage categories: (i) urban air pollution; (ii) inadequate water supply, poor sanitation, and hygiene; and (iii) indoor air … pollution. It also provides estimates based on three natural resource damage categories: (i) agricultural damage from soil …

India.Part 2 compares two business as usual scenarios with a set of alternate scenarios based on policy interventions on the … results suggest that energy externalities are likely to worsen significantly if there is no shift in China's and India …'s energy strategies. High energy demand from China and India could constrain some developing countries' growth through higher …

required in Delhi, which would necessitate an increase in bus fares to cover the cost of pollution controls. The authors model …

The fallout of nitrogen pollution is considered one of the largest global externalities facing the world, impacting air …, water, soil, and human health. This paper combines data from the Demographic and Health Survey data set across India …, Vietnam, and 33 African countries to analyze the causal links between pollution exposure experienced during the very earliest …

deforestation, pollution, and carbon intensities. Per capita emissions follow a $J$-curve. Specifically, poverty reduction occurs …

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 …

This paper explores the links between city competitiveness and air pollution and the business environment. Because … increasing pollution levels and the effects of agglomeration economies. The analysis finds two interesting results. First, the … negative association between air pollution and firm performance can be seen at lower than expected levels of pollution. Second …