The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World

Declining water quality can impact the economy in various ways. Impacts can be found in the health sector, where labor productivity can be affected, in agriculture, where the quality and quantity of food produced can be reduced, and in tourism, rea...

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Main Authors:	Desbureaux, Sebastien, Damania, Richard, Rodella, Aude-Sophie, Russ, Jason, Zaveri, Esha
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	WATER QUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND AQUACULTURE TOURISM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/656191576065317601/The-Impact-of-Water-Quality-on-GDP-Growth-Evidence-from-Around-the-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33071

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spelling	okr-10986-330712021-05-25T09:31:13Z The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World Desbureaux, Sebastien Damania, Richard Rodella, Aude-Sophie Russ, Jason Zaveri, Esha WATER QUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND AQUACULTURE TOURISM Declining water quality can impact the economy in various ways. Impacts can be found in the health sector, where labor productivity can be affected, in agriculture, where the quality and quantity of food produced can be reduced, and in tourism, real estate, aquaculture/fisheries and other sectors which rely on environmental quality and ecosystem services. Despite these well-known impacts, finding economy-wide affects of water quality on economic activity can be elusive. In this paper we attempt to fill this gap by using a conventional empirical approach in contemporary environmental economics and new data on economic activity and water quality for nineteen countries from 1990-2014. The authors find that when rivers become very heavily polluted, regions downstream see reductions in economic growth, losing between 0.8 and 2.0 percent of economic growth. These losses imply that in many places, the costs of environmental degradation are severely under-estimated and well above efficient levels. 2019-12-23T18:00:13Z 2019-12-23T18:00:13Z 2019-12-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/656191576065317601/The-Impact-of-Water-Quality-on-GDP-Growth-Evidence-from-Around-the-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33071 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic	WATER QUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND AQUACULTURE TOURISM
spellingShingle	WATER QUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND AQUACULTURE TOURISM Desbureaux, Sebastien Damania, Richard Rodella, Aude-Sophie Russ, Jason Zaveri, Esha The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World
description	Declining water quality can impact the economy in various ways. Impacts can be found in the health sector, where labor productivity can be affected, in agriculture, where the quality and quantity of food produced can be reduced, and in tourism, real estate, aquaculture/fisheries and other sectors which rely on environmental quality and ecosystem services. Despite these well-known impacts, finding economy-wide affects of water quality on economic activity can be elusive. In this paper we attempt to fill this gap by using a conventional empirical approach in contemporary environmental economics and new data on economic activity and water quality for nineteen countries from 1990-2014. The authors find that when rivers become very heavily polluted, regions downstream see reductions in economic growth, losing between 0.8 and 2.0 percent of economic growth. These losses imply that in many places, the costs of environmental degradation are severely under-estimated and well above efficient levels.
format	Working Paper
author	Desbureaux, Sebastien Damania, Richard Rodella, Aude-Sophie Russ, Jason Zaveri, Esha
author_facet	Desbureaux, Sebastien Damania, Richard Rodella, Aude-Sophie Russ, Jason Zaveri, Esha
author_sort	Desbureaux, Sebastien
title	The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World
title_short	The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World
title_full	The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World
title_fullStr	The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World
title_sort	impact of water quality on gdp growth : evidence from around the world
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/656191576065317601/The-Impact-of-Water-Quality-on-GDP-Growth-Evidence-from-Around-the-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33071
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The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World

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