Development Goal?related spending to have distinct effects. Recent costing studies by the World Bank Group have been developed to … minimize the drawbacks of earlier studies. The paper also briefly reviews how the World Bank Group engages with stakeholders on …

depletion) vary across hydrological environments, posing unique challenges to certain geographical areas and population groups …-hazard groundwater risk maps reveal areas and exposure of population groups to water risks posed by arsenic and salinity contamination …

This paper revisits the issue of environment and development raised in the 1992 World Development Report, with new … 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 …

the Poverty Environment Network project. Observed income is combined with predicted income (based on households? assets …

endowments and environmental policies have only marginally affected the pollution content of world trade during the 1986 …This paper contributes to the debate on the existence of pollution haven effects by systematically measuring the … pollution content of trade (measured by the pollution content of imports, PCI) and decomposing it into three components - a deep …

This paper contributes to the debate on the existence of pollution haven effects by systematically measuring the … pollution content of trade (measured by the polluction content of imports (PCI)) and decomposing it into three components: a … policies) that occupy centerstage in the debate on trade and the environment. The decomposition is carried out for 1986-88 for …

, by exploring hundreds of scenarios that combine alternative assumptions on the level of service targeted, population …