Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and valuable crops, and also harbors...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17617086/environmental-health-nicaragua-addressing-key-environmental-challenges
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topic ADULT MORBIDITY
ADULT MORTALITY
AGE GROUP
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION MEASURES
AIR QUALITY
AIR QUALITY MONITORING
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION
AVERAGE COSTS
AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION
BASIC SANITATION
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CANCER
CARBON
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
CLEAN FUEL
CLEANER FUELS
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS
COST OF WATER
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
DEATHS
DEATHS OF CHILDREN
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIESEL
DISABILITY
DISASTERS
DISSEMINATION
DOSE RESPONSE
DRINKING WATER
DRUGS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
ELDERLY
EMISSION REDUCTION
EMISSION TAXES
EMISSIONS
ENERGY USE
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
EXPENDITURES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEALTH BURDEN
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH DAMAGE
HEALTH DAMAGES
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH IMPACT
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTHY LIFE
HIGH CHILD MORTALITY
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
HOSPITALIZATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN HEALTH
HYGIENE
ILL HEALTH
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS
INDOOR AIR
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
INFECTIONS IN WOMEN
INTERVENTION
INVESTMENT COSTS
LEGAL STATUS
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL CAPACITY
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MATERNAL HEALTH
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICINES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE
MORTALITY RATES
MUNICIPAL WATER
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF NEW CASES
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION
OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY
OZONE
PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION
PARTICULATE MATTER
PARTICULATE POLLUTION
PERSONAL HYGIENE
PIT LATRINES
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION EXPOSURE
POLLUTION IMPACTS
POOR HEALTH
POOR WATER QUALITY
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POTABLE WATER
POTABLE WATER SUPPLY
PRACTITIONERS
PREMATURE DEATH
PREMATURE DEATHS
PREMATURE MORTALITY
PRIMARY CAREGIVERS
PRIVATE COSTS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC WATER
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY OF SERVICE
QUANTITY OF WATER
RATES OF URBANIZATION
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
RISK FACTORS
RISK OF ILLNESS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DRINKING WATER
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POPULATIONS
RURAL SANITATION
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION COVERAGE
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SEPTIC TANK
SERVICE PROVISION
SEWAGE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPORTATION
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN POLLUTION
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER SUPPLY
VENTILATION
VULNERABILITY
WAGES
WASTE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER SANITATION
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WELLS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WTP
YOUNG CHILDREN
spellingShingle ADULT MORBIDITY
ADULT MORTALITY
AGE GROUP
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION MEASURES
AIR QUALITY
AIR QUALITY MONITORING
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION
AVERAGE COSTS
AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION
BASIC SANITATION
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CANCER
CARBON
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
CLEAN FUEL
CLEANER FUELS
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS
COST OF WATER
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
DEATHS
DEATHS OF CHILDREN
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIESEL
DISABILITY
DISASTERS
DISSEMINATION
DOSE RESPONSE
DRINKING WATER
DRUGS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
ELDERLY
EMISSION REDUCTION
EMISSION TAXES
EMISSIONS
ENERGY USE
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
EXPENDITURES
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEALTH BURDEN
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH DAMAGE
HEALTH DAMAGES
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH IMPACT
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTHY LIFE
HIGH CHILD MORTALITY
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
HOSPITALIZATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN HEALTH
HYGIENE
ILL HEALTH
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS
INDOOR AIR
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
INFECTIONS IN WOMEN
INTERVENTION
INVESTMENT COSTS
LEGAL STATUS
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL CAPACITY
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MATERNAL HEALTH
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICINES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE
MORTALITY RATES
MUNICIPAL WATER
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF NEW CASES
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION
OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY
OZONE
PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION
PARTICULATE MATTER
PARTICULATE POLLUTION
PERSONAL HYGIENE
PIT LATRINES
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION EXPOSURE
POLLUTION IMPACTS
POOR HEALTH
POOR WATER QUALITY
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POTABLE WATER
POTABLE WATER SUPPLY
PRACTITIONERS
PREMATURE DEATH
PREMATURE DEATHS
PREMATURE MORTALITY
PRIMARY CAREGIVERS
PRIVATE COSTS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC WATER
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY OF SERVICE
QUANTITY OF WATER
RATES OF URBANIZATION
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
RISK FACTORS
RISK OF ILLNESS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DRINKING WATER
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POPULATIONS
RURAL SANITATION
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION COVERAGE
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SEPTIC TANK
SERVICE PROVISION
SEWAGE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPORTATION
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN POLLUTION
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER SUPPLY
VENTILATION
VULNERABILITY
WAGES
WASTE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER SANITATION
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WELLS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WTP
YOUNG CHILDREN
World Bank
Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
relation Latin America and Caribbean Region Environment and Water Resources occasional paper series;
description The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and valuable crops, and also harbors the world s greatest carbon sink in the Amazon. The purpose of the series is to contribute to the global knowledge exchange on innovation in environmental and water resources management and the pursuit of greener and more inclusive growth. The series addresses issues relevant to the region s environmental sustainability agenda from water resources management to environmental health, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, environmental policy, pollution management, environmental institutions and governance, ecosystem services, environmental financing, irrigation and climate change and their linkages to development and growth. In this particular paper, the author presents the findings of a study looking at three fundamental environmental health risks in Nicaragua, notably inadequate water and sanitation, indoor and outdoor air pollution. The results are striking in that these three risks alone amount to an estimated 2.4 percent of the country s gross domestic product (GDP), affecting primarily the poorer segments of the population. The study proceeds to look at priority investments and solutions, including by ranking potential interventions in terms of their costs and the expected benefits.
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title Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges
title_short Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges
title_full Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges
title_fullStr Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges
title_sort environmental health in nicaragua : addressing key environmental challenges
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17617086/environmental-health-nicaragua-addressing-key-environmental-challenges
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16588
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spelling okr-10986-165882021-04-23T14:03:30Z Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges World Bank ADULT MORBIDITY ADULT MORTALITY AGE GROUP AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR POLLUTION MEASURES AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY MONITORING AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE COSTS AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION BASIC SANITATION BENEFIT ANALYSIS BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CANCER CARBON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS CLEAN FUEL CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS COST OF WATER COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES DEATHS DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIESEL DISABILITY DISASTERS DISSEMINATION DOSE RESPONSE DRINKING WATER DRUGS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPACT ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ELDERLY EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION TAXES EMISSIONS ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXPENDITURES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH BURDEN HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH DAMAGE HEALTH DAMAGES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HEALTHY LIFE HIGH CHILD MORTALITY HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HOSPITALIZATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE ILL HEALTH ILLNESS ILLNESSES INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INDOOR AIR QUALITY INFECTIONS IN WOMEN INTERVENTION INVESTMENT COSTS LEGAL STATUS LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL CAPACITY MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE MORTALITY RATES MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF NEW CASES NUMBER OF PEOPLE OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY OZONE PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATE POLLUTION PERSONAL HYGIENE PIT LATRINES POLICY MAKERS POLLUTANTS POLLUTION POLLUTION EXPOSURE POLLUTION IMPACTS POOR HEALTH POOR WATER QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION SUBGROUPS POTABLE WATER POTABLE WATER SUPPLY PRACTITIONERS PREMATURE DEATH PREMATURE DEATHS PREMATURE MORTALITY PRIMARY CAREGIVERS PRIVATE COSTS PROGRESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF SERVICE QUANTITY OF WATER RATES OF URBANIZATION RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY ILLNESS RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES RISK FACTORS RISK OF ILLNESS RURAL AREAS RURAL DRINKING WATER RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL SANITATION RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SEPTIC TANK SERVICE PROVISION SEWAGE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPORTATION URBAN AIR POLLUTION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN POLLUTION URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY VENTILATION VULNERABILITY WAGES WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WATER CONSUMPTION WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SANITATION WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WELLS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WTP YOUNG CHILDREN The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and valuable crops, and also harbors the world s greatest carbon sink in the Amazon. The purpose of the series is to contribute to the global knowledge exchange on innovation in environmental and water resources management and the pursuit of greener and more inclusive growth. The series addresses issues relevant to the region s environmental sustainability agenda from water resources management to environmental health, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, environmental policy, pollution management, environmental institutions and governance, ecosystem services, environmental financing, irrigation and climate change and their linkages to development and growth. In this particular paper, the author presents the findings of a study looking at three fundamental environmental health risks in Nicaragua, notably inadequate water and sanitation, indoor and outdoor air pollution. The results are striking in that these three risks alone amount to an estimated 2.4 percent of the country s gross domestic product (GDP), affecting primarily the poorer segments of the population. The study proceeds to look at priority investments and solutions, including by ranking potential interventions in terms of their costs and the expected benefits. 2014-01-17T20:50:22Z 2014-01-17T20:50:22Z 2013-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17617086/environmental-health-nicaragua-addressing-key-environmental-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16588 English en_US Latin America and Caribbean Region Environment and Water Resources occasional paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean