This paper describes a new incentive-based pollution control program in China in which the environmental performance of firms is rated and reported to the public. Firms are rated from best to worst using five colors-green, blue, yellow, red, and black-and the ratings are disseminated to the public through the media. The impact has been substantial, suggesting that public disclosure provides a significant incentive for firms to improve their environmental performance. The paper focuses on the experience of the first two disclosure programs, in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province and Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Successful implementation of these programs at two very different levels of economic and institutional development suggests that public disclosure should be feasible in most of China. The Zhenjiang and Hohhot experiences have also shown that performance disclosure can significantly reduce pollution, even in settings where environmental nongovernmental organizations are not very active and there is no formal channel for public participation in environmental regulation.
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Wang,Hua Jun Bi Wheeler,David R. Jinnan Wang Dong Cao Genfa Lu Yuan Wang
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Data do documento
2002/09/30
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TIpo de documento
Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas
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No. do relatório
WPS2889
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Nº do volume
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Data de divulgação
2010/07/01
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Nome do documento
Environmental performance rating and disclosure - China's green-watch program
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environmental performance;disclosure program;price of deposit insurance;price deposit insurance;efficiency of resource use;water pollution prevention;community right to know;development research group;environmental performance rating;disclosure pollution;law and economics;level of performance;pollution control facility;environmental management system;operation and management;project construction;return to investment;household budget survey;air pollution problem;biochemical oxygen demand;hazardous solid waste;land and water;pollution control investment;pollution discharge fees;compliance with regulation;pilot program;pollution accident;environmental monitoring;industrial enterprise;municipal government;environmental regulation;public complaint;news media;water pollutant;environmental damage;illegal pollution;
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