This report reviews past and ongoing applications of market-based instruments to address air quality, water and waste management in Asia, and provides recommendations for the use of more efficient and effective environmental management.
This report is part of a series of World Bank papers that outlines the development challenges and opportunities associated with blue and green biodiversity and ecosystem services.
There is a long history of dumping hazardous wastes in the seas, on land and in developing countries. This briefing paper addresses post-consumer waste,
especially e-waste, reopening old questions on how to manage the global waste trade.
This paper focuses on the need to enhance social equity in the green economy, recognizing the role of social policy, regulation, participation and collective action in improving livelihood and production systems that address economic, social and environmental issues.
The report addresses how European and US banks fund the oil and gas industry despite environmental and social risks driving the Amazon over the brink.