World Development Report 1992 - Development and the Environment

Book : World Development Report 1992 - Development and the Environment

Language : English

Library : Health-Safety-Environment

Publish Place : New York

ISBN : 0-19-520877-3

ISSN : 0163-5085

Publish Date : May 1992

Publisher : Oxford University press

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 3723

INDEX


Contents
Acronyms and initials Definitions and data notes Overview
Focusing on the right problems
Development, the environment, and the long-term prospect
Policies for development and the environment
Removing impediments to action
Putting policies to work
The costs of a better environment
1 Development and the environment: a false dichotomy
The context: population, poverty, and economic growth Sustaining development The nature of the challenge
2 Environmental priorities for development
Water
Air pollution
Solid and hazardous wastes
Land and habitat
Atmospheric changes
Conclusion
3 Markets, governments, and the environment
Environmental damage: diverse problems, common causes Adopting good development policies Using targeted environmental policies
4 Making better decisions: information, institutions, and participation
The political economy of environmental degradation Improving knowledge and understanding Changing institutions: making the public sector more responsive Involving local people
5 Sanitation and clean water
Water supply and sanitation as environmental priorities
Managing water resources better
Providing services that people want and are willing to pay for
Increasing investments in sanitation
Rethinking institutional arrangements
What might be accomplished
6 Energy and industry
Energy Industry Conclusions 7 Rural environmental policy
Resource management by individuals and enterprises Resource management by communities Resource management by governments Conclusions
8 International environmental concerns
Some lessons from experience
Responding to the threat of greenhouse warming
Biological diversity: an approach to common concerns
9 The costs of a better environment
Finance and the local environment Financing environmental expenditures Development in the twenty- first century
Bibliographical note Environmental data appendix World Development Indicators