Documents & Reports
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The costs of adapting to climate change for infrastructure (English)
An approach to estimating the costs of adapting to climate change is presented along with results for major components of infrastructure. The analysis separates the price/cost and quantity effects of climate...
Document Type: Other Environmental Study Report No.: 56660 Document Date: August 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hughes,Gordon A.,Chinowsky, Paul,Strzepek,Kenneth
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Poland - Complying with EU environmental legislation (English)
This report examines the implications for Poland of complying with the European Union's environmental directives. It starts by discussing the importance of establishing efficient institutions to set policies...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WTP454 Document Date: February 29, 2000 Author: Bucknall,Julia,Hughes,Gordon A.
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Environmental challenges of fuel use (English)
Among the potential effects of fossil fuel combustion are urban air pollution, acid rain, and changes in global climate. A study of six cities in developing countries and of an industrial area in Poland...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 20760 Document Date: December 31, 1999 Author: Lvovsky,Kseniya,Hughes,Gordon A.
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Economic reform and environmental performance in transition economies (English)
The transition to a market economy is expected to lead to environmental as well as economic improvement. In practice, realization of the expected gains may come slowly, especially for countries where economic...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WTP446 Document Date: September 30, 1999 Author: Hughes,Gordon A.,Lovei, Magda
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Pollution prevention and abatement handbook 1998 : toward cleaner production (English)
The handbook has been prepared to update and replace the "1988 Environmental Guidelines." The Handbook is specifically designed to be used in the context of the World Bank Group's environmental policies...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 19128 Document Date: April 1, 1999 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ackermann,Richard O.,Aggarwal,Sanjeev,Dixon,John Richard,Fitzgerald,Arthur D.,Hanrahan,David C.,Hughes,Gordon A.,Kunte,Arundhati,Lovei,Magda,Lvovsky,Kseniya,Somani,Anil H.
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Pollution prevention and abatement handbook 1998 : toward cleaner production (Chinese)
The handbook has been prepared to update and replace the "1988 Environmental Guidelines." The Handbook is specifically designed to be used in the context of the World Bank Group's environmental policies...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 19128 Document Date: April 1, 1999 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ackermann,Richard O.,Aggarwal,Sanjeev,Dixon,John Richard,Fitzgerald,Arthur D.,Hanrahan,David C.,Hughes,Gordon A.,Kunte,Arundhati,Lovei,Magda,Lvovsky,Kseniya,Somani,Anil H.
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Environmental action programme for Central and Eastern Europe - setting priorities (English)
Despite efforts by Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to tackle environmental problems, there are still a number of serious environmental problems that require immediate and urgent action. The...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 18024 Document Date: May 31, 1998 Author: Ackermann,Richard O.,Hughes,Gordon A.,Hertzman, Clyde,Somlyody,Laszlo,Georgieva,Kristalina I.,Ayres,Wendy Schreiber,Goldenmann, Gretta
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Can the environment wait : priorities for East Asia (English)
This report answers the question, Does paying too much attention to environmental problems slow economic growth and industrialization? Although the Asia/Pacific region may say yes and the experience of...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 17298 Document Date: November 30, 1997 Author: Hughes,Gordon A.,Ackermann,Richard O.,Keene,Michelle L.,Lvovsky,Kseniya,Nielsen, Tine
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Is the environment getting cleaner in Central and Eastern Europe ? selected evidence for air pollution and drinking water contamination (English)
The paper questions whether the Environment Action Programme (EAP) for the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region impacted for a cleaner environment in the region, arguing on the evidence of air...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 24683 Document Date: October 31, 1995 Author: Hughes,Gordon A.
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Road transport taxation in developing countries : the design of user charges and taxes for Tunisia (English)
The taxation of road transport has two purposes: to charge road users for the costs they impose on the road and on other users, and to raise revenue for the government. In designing a tax system or in...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WDP26 Document Date: April 30, 1988 Author: Newberry, David M,Hughes,Gordon A.,Paterson,William D. O.,Bennathan,Esra
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The World Bank economic review 1(1) (English)
Special exchange rates for capital account transactions. Growth and equity in developing countries: a reinterpretation of the Sri Lankan experience. A new method for estimating the effects of fuel taxes:...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 17555 Document Date: September 30, 1986 Author: Dornbusch,Rudiger,Bhalla,Surjit S.,Glewwe,Paul W.,Hughes,Gordon A.,Quizon,Jaime B.,Binswanger,Hans P.,Singh,Inderjit,Squire,Lyn,Strauss, John,Nogues, Julio J.,Olechowski,Andrzej,Winters,L. Alan