Measuring Up : New Directions for Environmental Programs at the World Bank
The World Bank's new environment strategy advocates cost-effective reduction of air and water pollutants that are most harmful to human health. In addition, it addresses threats to the livelihood of over one billion people who live on fragile...
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okr-10986-181482021-04-23T14:03:41Z Measuring Up : New Directions for Environmental Programs at the World Bank Buys, Piet Dasgupta, Susmita Meisner, Craig Pandey, Kiran Wheeler, David R. Bolt, Katharine Hamilton, Kirk Wang, Limin ABATEMENT AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR QUALITY BIODIVERSITY CAPACITY BUILDING COD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ELASTICITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FORESTS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS GIS HEALTH OUTCOMES IMMUNIZATION INCOME LANDS MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NORTH AFRICA PATHOGENS POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION REDUCTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE CONSERVATION RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFE WATER SAVINGS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WATER POLLUTION WELFARE FUNCTION WELFARE GAINS WEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING BANK'S CATALYTIC ROLE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COST-EFFECTIVENESS ECOSYSTEMS LAND USE PLANNING FOREST CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES RESEARCH COLLABORATION CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE BANK'S LENDING EXPOSURE BANK'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ROLE INVESTMENT POLICY COUNTRY PROGRAMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEST The World Bank's new environment strategy advocates cost-effective reduction of air and water pollutants that are most harmful to human health. In addition, it addresses threats to the livelihood of over one billion people who live on fragile lands-lands that are steeply sloped, arid, or covered by natural forests. The new approach will require accurate information about environmental threats to health and livelihood, as well as an appropriate resource-allocation strategy. Drawing on recent research at the World Bank and elsewhere, this paper attempts to apply an optimal investment approach. It develops a rule for optimal cross-country resource allocation that reflects the Bank's investment policy. Using this rule, the paper estimates optimal country shares of the Bank's environmental investments from two sets of variables: threats from outdoor air pollution, water pollution, and fragile lands; and estimates of the likelihood that Bank projects will succeed. The paper combines the country shares with the Bank's investment data to estimate optimal country allocations for each environmental problem. Finally, it aggregates the country results to allocations for the major regions in which the Bank operates. Combining optimal investments for pollution and fragile lands, it finds that the largest share of total investment goes to East Asia (44 percent), followed by South Asia (21 percent) and Sub-Saharan Africa (19 percent). Other regions get significantly lower shares. 2014-05-01T22:08:58Z 2014-05-01T22:08:58Z 2003-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/07/2475063/measuring-up-new-directions-environmental-programs-world-bank http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18148 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3097 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ABATEMENT AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR QUALITY BIODIVERSITY CAPACITY BUILDING COD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ELASTICITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FORESTS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS GIS HEALTH OUTCOMES IMMUNIZATION INCOME LANDS MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NORTH AFRICA PATHOGENS POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION REDUCTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE CONSERVATION RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFE WATER SAVINGS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WATER POLLUTION WELFARE FUNCTION WELFARE GAINS WEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING BANK'S CATALYTIC ROLE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COST-EFFECTIVENESS ECOSYSTEMS LAND USE PLANNING FOREST CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES RESEARCH COLLABORATION CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE BANK'S LENDING EXPOSURE BANK'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ROLE INVESTMENT POLICY COUNTRY PROGRAMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEST |
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ABATEMENT AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR QUALITY BIODIVERSITY CAPACITY BUILDING COD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ELASTICITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FORESTS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS GIS HEALTH OUTCOMES IMMUNIZATION INCOME LANDS MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NORTH AFRICA PATHOGENS POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION REDUCTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE CONSERVATION RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFE WATER SAVINGS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WATER POLLUTION WELFARE FUNCTION WELFARE GAINS WEST ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING BANK'S CATALYTIC ROLE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COST-EFFECTIVENESS ECOSYSTEMS LAND USE PLANNING FOREST CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES RESEARCH COLLABORATION CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE BANK'S LENDING EXPOSURE BANK'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ROLE INVESTMENT POLICY COUNTRY PROGRAMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WEST Buys, Piet Dasgupta, Susmita Meisner, Craig Pandey, Kiran Wheeler, David R. Bolt, Katharine Hamilton, Kirk Wang, Limin Measuring Up : New Directions for Environmental Programs at the World Bank |
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The World Bank's new environment
strategy advocates cost-effective reduction of air and water
pollutants that are most harmful to human health. In
addition, it addresses threats to the livelihood of over one
billion people who live on fragile lands-lands that are
steeply sloped, arid, or covered by natural forests. The new
approach will require accurate information about
environmental threats to health and livelihood, as well as
an appropriate resource-allocation strategy. Drawing on
recent research at the World Bank and elsewhere, this paper
attempts to apply an optimal investment approach. It
develops a rule for optimal cross-country resource
allocation that reflects the Bank's investment policy.
Using this rule, the paper estimates optimal country shares
of the Bank's environmental investments from two sets
of variables: threats from outdoor air pollution, water
pollution, and fragile lands; and estimates of the
likelihood that Bank projects will succeed. The paper
combines the country shares with the Bank's investment
data to estimate optimal country allocations for each
environmental problem. Finally, it aggregates the country
results to allocations for the major regions in which the
Bank operates. Combining optimal investments for pollution
and fragile lands, it finds that the largest share of total
investment goes to East Asia (44 percent), followed by South
Asia (21 percent) and Sub-Saharan Africa (19 percent). Other
regions get significantly lower shares. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Buys, Piet Dasgupta, Susmita Meisner, Craig Pandey, Kiran Wheeler, David R. Bolt, Katharine Hamilton, Kirk Wang, Limin |
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Buys, Piet Dasgupta, Susmita Meisner, Craig Pandey, Kiran Wheeler, David R. Bolt, Katharine Hamilton, Kirk Wang, Limin |
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Buys, Piet |
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Measuring Up : New Directions for Environmental Programs at the World Bank |
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Measuring Up : New Directions for Environmental Programs at the World Bank |
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Measuring Up : New Directions for Environmental Programs at the World Bank |
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Measuring Up : New Directions for Environmental Programs at the World Bank |
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Measuring Up : New Directions for Environmental Programs at the World Bank |
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measuring up : new directions for environmental programs at the world bank |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/07/2475063/measuring-up-new-directions-environmental-programs-world-bank http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18148 |
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