The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital is one of the world’s fastest growing megacities, but many are breathing polluted air. This report estimates that in 2018, air pollution caused more than 11,200 premature deaths in Lagos. Children under five are...

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Main Authors:	Croitoru, Lelia, Chang, Jiyoun Christina, Kelly, Andrew
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY PARTICULATE MATTER ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE CHANGE MORTALITY RAPID TRANSIT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/980031575616020127/The-Cost-of-Air-Pollution-in-Lagos http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33038

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spelling	okr-10986-330382021-06-14T09:56:13Z The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos Croitoru, Lelia Chang, Jiyoun Christina Kelly, Andrew AIR POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY PARTICULATE MATTER ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE CHANGE MORTALITY RAPID TRANSIT Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital is one of the world’s fastest growing megacities, but many are breathing polluted air. This report estimates that in 2018, air pollution caused more than 11,200 premature deaths in Lagos. Children under five are the most affected accounting for about sixty percent of the deaths. The health cost of air pollution was estimated at 2.1 billion US dollars, corresponding to about 2.1 percent of Lagos state’s gross domestic product (GDP). 2019-12-17T23:10:42Z 2019-12-17T23:10:42Z 2020-08 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/980031575616020127/The-Cost-of-Air-Pollution-in-Lagos http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33038 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Africa Nigeria
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topic	AIR POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY PARTICULATE MATTER ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE CHANGE MORTALITY RAPID TRANSIT
spellingShingle	AIR POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY PARTICULATE MATTER ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE CHANGE MORTALITY RAPID TRANSIT Croitoru, Lelia Chang, Jiyoun Christina Kelly, Andrew The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos
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description	Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital is one of the world’s fastest growing megacities, but many are breathing polluted air. This report estimates that in 2018, air pollution caused more than 11,200 premature deaths in Lagos. Children under five are the most affected accounting for about sixty percent of the deaths. The health cost of air pollution was estimated at 2.1 billion US dollars, corresponding to about 2.1 percent of Lagos state’s gross domestic product (GDP).
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author	Croitoru, Lelia Chang, Jiyoun Christina Kelly, Andrew
author_facet	Croitoru, Lelia Chang, Jiyoun Christina Kelly, Andrew
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title	The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos
title_short	The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos
title_full	The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos
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The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos

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