Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic report reveals strong linkages among environmental quality, economic growth, and social wellbeing of the nation’s 7 million inhabitants. Thi...
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okr-10986-362662021-09-15T05:10:45Z Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUE NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION AIR POLLUTION LEAD EXPOSURE NATURAL CAPITAL SOIL DEGRADATION HYDROPOWER WASTE MANAGEMENT POVERTY GREEN GROWTH SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL TAX INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK The Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic report reveals strong linkages among environmental quality, economic growth, and social wellbeing of the nation’s 7 million inhabitants. This report is a comprehensive presentation prepared after two years of targeted diagnostic research and analysis of issues and conditions within Lao PDR. The analysis was conducted by an international team of World Bank researchers in cooperation with counterparts in lead government agencies in Lao PDR. Information from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and others, provided an initial basis for the assessments, and this was complemented by other international information. The results can be regarded as a state-of-the-art contribution of information to decision makers in Lao PDR having an interest in achieving sustainable growth consistent with the 2019 National Green Growth Strategy. The report’s scope includes consideration of impacts on key economic sectors and on risk factors influencing the health of the population. The assessments encompassed the economic costs of degradation in the forestry, agriculture, fisheries, mining, and hydropower sectors. The report identifies solid waste management and plastics as an important priority to which the Government of Lao PDR has already pledged its support in regional and global initiatives. Within the context of the Mekong River and its watershed, this report addresses climate-change impacts including increased risks of flooding. 2021-09-14T19:49:22Z 2021-09-14T19:49:22Z 2021-06-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/646361631109058780/Environmental-Challenges-for-Green-Growth-and-Poverty-Reduction-A-Country-Environmental-Analysis-for-the-Lao-People-s-Democratic-Republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36266 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 East Asia and Pacific Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUE NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION AIR POLLUTION LEAD EXPOSURE NATURAL CAPITAL SOIL DEGRADATION HYDROPOWER WASTE MANAGEMENT POVERTY GREEN GROWTH SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL TAX INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK |
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUE NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION AIR POLLUTION LEAD EXPOSURE NATURAL CAPITAL SOIL DEGRADATION HYDROPOWER WASTE MANAGEMENT POVERTY GREEN GROWTH SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL TAX INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
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The Environmental Challenges for Green
Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Lao People’s Democratic
Republic report reveals strong linkages among environmental
quality, economic growth, and social wellbeing of the
nation’s 7 million inhabitants. This report is a
comprehensive presentation prepared after two years of
targeted diagnostic research and analysis of issues and
conditions within Lao PDR. The analysis was conducted by an
international team of World Bank researchers in cooperation
with counterparts in lead government agencies in Lao PDR.
Information from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment, and others, provided an
initial basis for the assessments, and this was complemented
by other international information. The results can be
regarded as a state-of-the-art contribution of information
to decision makers in Lao PDR having an interest in
achieving sustainable growth consistent with the 2019
National Green Growth Strategy. The report’s scope includes
consideration of impacts on key economic sectors and on risk
factors influencing the health of the population. The
assessments encompassed the economic costs of degradation in
the forestry, agriculture, fisheries, mining, and hydropower
sectors. The report identifies solid waste management and
plastics as an important priority to which the Government of
Lao PDR has already pledged its support in regional and
global initiatives. Within the context of the Mekong River
and its watershed, this report addresses climate-change
impacts including increased risks of flooding. |
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Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto |
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Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto |
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Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto |
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Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto |
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Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
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Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
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Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
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Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
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Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
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environmental challenges for green growth and poverty reduction : a country environmental analysis for the lao people’s democratic republic |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/646361631109058780/Environmental-Challenges-for-Green-Growth-and-Poverty-Reduction-A-Country-Environmental-Analysis-for-the-Lao-People-s-Democratic-Republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36266 |
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