Environmental taxes and policies for developing countries (English)

Increasing urbanization and industrialization can exacerbate pollution problems in developing countries. Tax revenues in developing countries are too low to support adequate infrastructure for treating and disposing of wastes, but the problem is also attributable to the classic problem of externalities in productiion and consumption. "Externalities" means that the costs of environmental degradation are not considered by the private decisionmakers...

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Bruce, Neil;

Ellis, Gregory M.;
Document Date
1993/09/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1177
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Environmental taxes and policies for developing countries
Keywords
access to safe drinking water

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Bruce, Neil; Ellis, Gregory M..

Environmental taxes and policies for developing countries (English). Policy, Research working papers ; no. WPS 1177. Public economics Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/747791468765923374

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