How Has Environment Mattered? An Analysis of World Bank Resource Allocation

How Has Environment Mattered? An Analysis of World Bank Resource Allocation

How has environment mattered for the World Bank? The aggregate figures suggest that it has mattered a great deal, since the Bank's total environmental lending has exceeded $US 9 billion over the past six years. In this paper the authors use ne...

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Main Authors:	Acharya, Anjali, Ijjasz-Vasquez, Ede Jorge, Hamilton, Kirk, Buys, Piet, Dasgupta, Susmita, Meisner, Craig, Pandey, Kiran, Wheeler, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	BANK'S CATALYTIC ROLE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATISTICAL DATA AGGREGATE VARIABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT & PLANNING BANK'S LENDING EXPOSURE CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC & SECTOR WORK ADVISORY ROLES POLLUTION CONTROL EMISSION CONTROL BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK PERFORMANCE INDICATORS BANK'S RESPONSIVENESS TO CLIENTS NEEDS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS AGRICULTURE AIR POLLUTION BANK INVESTMENTS BANK LENDING CARBON CLIMATE CHANGE CORRELATION ANALYSIS DIMINISHING RETURNS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EXCESS DEMAND FISCAL YEAR FRAGILE LANDS GROWTH RATE INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIMIZATION POLLUTION REGRESSION ANALYSIS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RURAL POPULATION SAVINGS TRANSPORT VALUATION WATER POLLUTION WELFARE FUNCTION WELFARE GAINS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3347169/environment-mattered-analysis-world-bank-resource-allocation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14753

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3347169/environment-mattered-analysis-world-bank-resource-allocation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14753