Bangladesh Country Environmental Analysis
The economic losses resulting from the environmental impacts considered in this report are equivalent to more than 4 percent o f Bangladesh's Gross Domestic Product. Among these impacts, three sources of environmental degradation stand out as...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/737591468217768625/Main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33925 |
| Summary: | The economic losses resulting from the
environmental impacts considered in this report are
equivalent to more than 4 percent o f Bangladesh's
Gross Domestic Product. Among these impacts, three sources
of environmental degradation stand out as currently
receiving insufficient attention given their relative
significance: (1) in door and urban air pollution, (2) the
degradation o f water quality in Dhaka, and (3) the decline
of capture fisheries. The economic losses associated with
these three concerns alone may amount to more than 2.7
percent of GDP. The report proposes a set of actions in each
o f these areas, and also identifies a series of measures
that could be taken to strengthen environmental governance,
which forms an overarching constraint to improved
environmental management across all issues. While the report
estimates the economic losses associated with the
environmental impacts considered, it does not provide a
benefit-cost or cost-effectiveness analysis of the proposed
mitigating actions. It will be important to examine the
costs of the proposed actions in more detail as an element
of the follow-up work in each o f the priority areas. |
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