Документы и доклады
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Transport Fuel, Taxes, and Urban Air Quality (Английский)
In developing country cities, fuel use for transport is a growing contributor to air pollution and environmental health risks. One way of applying the polluter pays principle to transport is to adjust...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 184190 Дата подготовки документа: 31 декабря 2001 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Bacon,Robert W.,Kojima,Masami,Lvovsky,Kseniya
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Coordinating Environment, Transport, and Energy Policies for Cleaner Air (Английский)
Poor urban air quality causes serious environmental health damage in many developing countries. Arriving at effective and sustainable solutions to these problems requires a broad approach that takes into...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 184189 Дата подготовки документа: 31 декабря 2001 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Kojima,Masami,Lovei,Magda
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Foreign direct investment : boon or bane for the environment? (Английский)
The author offers insights on the significance of foreign direct investment (FDI), as a driving force in sustainable environmental management in developing countries. Its environmental effects depend on...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 20983 Дата подготовки документа: 30 июня 2000 года Автор: GENTRY, BRADFORD S.
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Comparative risk assessment in developing countries (Английский)
Comparative risk assessment (CRA) has been increasingly used around the world as a useful environmental planning tool. It allows policymakers and managers to focus institutional and financial resources...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 24102 Дата подготовки документа: 31 января 2000 года Автор: Keane,Susan Egan,Cho, Jeannie
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Environmental challenges of fuel use (Английский)
Among the potential effects of fossil fuel combustion are urban air pollution, acid rain, and changes in global climate. A study of six cities in developing countries and of an industrial area in Poland...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 20760 Дата подготовки документа: 31 декабря 1999 года Автор: Lvovsky,Kseniya,Hughes,Gordon A.
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Environmental funds : the Chinese experience (Английский)
Environmental funds have become popular in developing and transition economies as a way of channeling money into environmental programs when access to financing for such activities is limited. In countries...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 20759 Дата подготовки документа: 30 ноября 1999 года Автор: Travers,Sumter Lee
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Environmental implications of privatization (Английский)
Privatization fosters economic efficiency and contributes to governments' fiscal health by relieving them of the burdens of state ownership. Besides these economic benefits, privatization also offers an...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 20758 Дата подготовки документа: 30 сентября 1999 года Автор: Lovei,Magda
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Better environmental decisionmaking : the DSS/IPC (Английский)
Among the tools available for decisionmakers for assessing environmental problems and arriving at cost-effective solutions is the Decision Support System for Integrated Pollution Control (DSS/IPC). This...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 20761 Дата подготовки документа: 31 марта 1999 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Lvovsky,Kseniya
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Comparative risk assessment (Английский)
In an imperfect world of finite resources, decisionmakers everywhere are faced with difficult choices about how to deal with environmental problems. Comparative risk assessment (CRA) can help. CRA is a...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 20762 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 1999 года Автор: Ijjasz-Vasquez,Ede Jorge,Tlaiye,Laura E.
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Environmental funds (Английский)
Environmental funds (EFs) are increasingly popular environmental financing mechanisms in developing and transition economies. The failure of governments to tackle environmental problems by putting in place...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 20018 Дата подготовки документа: 31 января 1999 года Автор: Lovei,Magda