Surviving success : policy reform and the future of industrial pollution in China (English)

China's recent industrial growth, a remarkable success story, has been clouded by hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and incidents of serious respiratory illness caused by exposure to industrial air pollution. Seriously contaminated by industrial discharges, many of China's waterways are largely unfit for direct human use. This damage could be substantially reduced at modest cost. Industrial reform combined with stricter environmental regulation...

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Dasgupta, Susmita;

Wang,Hua;

Wheeler,David R.;
Document Date
1997/11/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1856
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
China,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Surviving success : policy reform and the future of industrial pollution in China
Keywords
pollution intensity

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Dasgupta, Susmita; Wang,Hua; Wheeler,David R..

Surviving success : policy reform and the future of industrial pollution in China (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1856 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/303981468771865274

Surviving success : policy reform and the future of industrial pollution in China (English)

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