Promoting environmental sustainability in Peru : a review of the World Bank Group's experience (2003-2009) (English)

Peru's major environmental challenges arise from air and water pollution, unsustainable management of natural resources, and vulnerability to natural disasters. A 2005 Bank study, estimated the cost of environmental degradation in Peru at 3.9 percent of gross development product in 2003, of which 74 percent was due to the health impacts of air and water pollution. High levels of air and water pollution caused by poorly regulated large industrial and...

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Liebenthal,Andres Miguel;

Salvemini,Diana;
Document Date
2013/07/15
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
82066
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Peru,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2013/10/25
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Promoting environmental sustainability in Peru : a review of the World Bank Group's experience (2003-2009)
Keywords
participatory management

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Liebenthal,Andres Miguel; Salvemini,Diana.

Promoting environmental sustainability in Peru : a review of the World Bank Group's experience (2003-2009) (English). Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) working paper series ; no. 2011/1 Washington DC : World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/878101468294015290

Promoting environmental sustainability in Peru : a review of the World Bank Group's experience (2003-2009) (English)

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