Environment Matters at the World Bank : Annual Review 2005

Environment Matters at the World Bank : Annual Review 2005

In line with one of the major themes in the Bank's Environment Strategy, this 2005 annual review is devoted to the theme of environmental health. Viewpoint articles in this edition reflect several external perspectives: the World Health Organi...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AIR QUALITY BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CANCER CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY CLEAN AIR CLEAN WATER CLEANER AIR CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CONSUMER PROTECTION CRIME DEFORESTATION DENGUE FEVER DIARRHEA DISASTERS DRYLANDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC VALUE EMERGING MARKETS EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAMILIES FISHERIES FISHING FOOD PRODUCTION FOREST MANAGEMENT GASOLINE GOOD GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HAND WASHING HEALTH CARE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH RISKS HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS HOUSING HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE HYGIENE EDUCATION HYGIENE ISSUES HYGIENE PROMOTION HYGIENE PROMOTION SESSIONS INCOME INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES LABOR FORCE LAKES LAND DEGRADATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL AIR QUALITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANDATES MARKETING MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICINES MICROBES MORTALITY MOTOR VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLES NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION OZONE OZONE LAYER OZONE LAYER DEPLETION PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS PERSONAL HYGIENE POLLUTION POLLUTION LEVELS POOR HYGIENE POVERTY ALLEVIATION PREMATURE DEATHS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES PUBLIC TRANSPORT QUALITY OF LIFE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RISK FACTORS SAFE DISPOSAL SAFE SANITATION SAFE WATER SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SEWAGE SOCIAL SERVICES SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOXIC CHEMICALS TRANSPORT TRUST FUNDS URBAN AIR POLLUTION WASHING HANDS WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLY WETLANDS WORKING CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6388764/environment-matters-world-bank-annual-review-2005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7281

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Summary:	In line with one of the major themes in the Bank's Environment Strategy, this 2005 annual review is devoted to the theme of environmental health. Viewpoint articles in this edition reflect several external perspectives: the World Health Organization (WHO) lays out the panorama of environmental risk factors; a successful example of combating urban air pollution is provided by the former mayor of Bogotá; successful strategies to enhance sanitation among poor people are suggested by a nongovernmental organization (NGO) - WaterAid - with an impressive implementation record; and a leading researcher gives his perspective on indoor air pollution. As usual, Environment Matters provides a Bank-wide review of our safeguard policies, and conveys the latest data on our environmental lending and analytical work. This year's feature articles all cluster around the main theme of environmental health: Ruta and Sarraf explain the basics of economic valuation of health impacts of environmental risks; Kaufmann summarizes a recent study that provides an overview of what we know about the effectiveness of interventions in water and sanitation; Ahmed and Awe return to the theme of indoor air pollution, with a study from Guatemala; Constant and Procee explain how the Bank's Clean Air Initiative works in several regions; and, Tynan concludes the section with an article on the risks that chemicals pose to human health. This edition reviews each of the Bank's Regions. With attention to the environmental health theme, each Region has chosen a number of issues and projects to feature in their annual review. This section illustrates the diversity of issues the Bank is confronting in collaboration with client countries. The regional reviews are complemented by the institutional perspectives of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which deals with private sector development, and the World Bank Institute, which is responsible for capacity building in client countries.