Over the past half-century, industrialization and rapid urbanization in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has dramatically increased pollution. Higher levels of pollution, in turn, increase inequality and impede economic development. Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world. Land, air, and water pollution together are responsible for the deaths of more than ten million people per year and ninety-two...
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Pollution Management and Environmental Health : Annual Report 2019 (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/769941616497925274