Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries

This paper surveys the economic theory behind regulatory and other solutions to the stark ambient water pollution problems that exist in many developing countries, and what is known from the empirical economics literature about the effectiveness of...

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Main Authors: Olmstead, Sheila, Zheng, Jiameng
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/547111576067554446/Policy-Instruments-for-Water-Pollution-Control-in-Developing-Countries
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spelling okr-10986-330722021-05-25T09:31:15Z Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries Olmstead, Sheila Zheng, Jiameng WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY POLLUTION CONTROL WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS This paper surveys the economic theory behind regulatory and other solutions to the stark ambient water pollution problems that exist in many developing countries, and what is known from the empirical economics literature about the effectiveness of these solutions. 2019-12-23T18:05:27Z 2019-12-23T18:05:27Z 2019-12-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/547111576067554446/Policy-Instruments-for-Water-Pollution-Control-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33072 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
POLLUTION CONTROL
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
spellingShingle WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
POLLUTION CONTROL
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
Olmstead, Sheila
Zheng, Jiameng
Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries
description This paper surveys the economic theory behind regulatory and other solutions to the stark ambient water pollution problems that exist in many developing countries, and what is known from the empirical economics literature about the effectiveness of these solutions.
format Working Paper
author Olmstead, Sheila
Zheng, Jiameng
author_facet Olmstead, Sheila
Zheng, Jiameng
author_sort Olmstead, Sheila
title Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries
title_short Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries
title_full Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries
title_fullStr Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries
title_sort policy instruments for water pollution control in developing countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/547111576067554446/Policy-Instruments-for-Water-Pollution-Control-in-Developing-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33072
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