Bangladesh Country Environmental Analysis

The economic losses resulting from the environmental impacts considered in this report are equivalent to more than 4 percent o f Bangladesh's Gross Domestic Product. Among these impacts, three sources of environmental degradation stand out as...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE WATER AND SANITATION WATER QUALITY AIR POLLUTION TOXIC POLLUTANTS MEGA-CITY FISHERIES SOIL EROSION SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT SOIL QUALITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/737591468217768625/Main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33925

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spelling	okr-10986-339252021-04-23T14:01:58Z Bangladesh Country Environmental Analysis World Bank ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE WATER AND SANITATION WATER QUALITY AIR POLLUTION TOXIC POLLUTANTS MEGA-CITY FISHERIES SOIL EROSION SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT SOIL QUALITY The economic losses resulting from the environmental impacts considered in this report are equivalent to more than 4 percent o f Bangladesh's Gross Domestic Product. Among these impacts, three sources of environmental degradation stand out as currently receiving insufficient attention given their relative significance: (1) in door and urban air pollution, (2) the degradation o f water quality in Dhaka, and (3) the decline of capture fisheries. The economic losses associated with these three concerns alone may amount to more than 2.7 percent of GDP. The report proposes a set of actions in each o f these areas, and also identifies a series of measures that could be taken to strengthen environmental governance, which forms an overarching constraint to improved environmental management across all issues. While the report estimates the economic losses associated with the environmental impacts considered, it does not provide a benefit-cost or cost-effectiveness analysis of the proposed mitigating actions. It will be important to examine the costs of the proposed actions in more detail as an element of the follow-up work in each o f the priority areas. 2020-06-17T15:00:15Z 2020-06-17T15:00:15Z 2006-08-23 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/737591468217768625/Main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33925 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 :: Country Environmental Analysis South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE WATER AND SANITATION WATER QUALITY AIR POLLUTION TOXIC POLLUTANTS MEGA-CITY FISHERIES SOIL EROSION SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT SOIL QUALITY
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description	The economic losses resulting from the environmental impacts considered in this report are equivalent to more than 4 percent o f Bangladesh's Gross Domestic Product. Among these impacts, three sources of environmental degradation stand out as currently receiving insufficient attention given their relative significance: (1) in door and urban air pollution, (2) the degradation o f water quality in Dhaka, and (3) the decline of capture fisheries. The economic losses associated with these three concerns alone may amount to more than 2.7 percent of GDP. The report proposes a set of actions in each o f these areas, and also identifies a series of measures that could be taken to strengthen environmental governance, which forms an overarching constraint to improved environmental management across all issues. While the report estimates the economic losses associated with the environmental impacts considered, it does not provide a benefit-cost or cost-effectiveness analysis of the proposed mitigating actions. It will be important to examine the costs of the proposed actions in more detail as an element of the follow-up work in each o f the priority areas.
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title	Bangladesh Country Environmental Analysis
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title_full	Bangladesh Country Environmental Analysis
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/737591468217768625/Main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33925
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