Toward an Eco-Industrial Park Framework in Punjab : Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening for Industrial Estates

The aim of this report is to provide the Government of Punjab with a preliminary overview of opportunities and obstacles for the adoption of the EIP Framework by industrial estates (IEs) in Punjab, based on the World Bank Group's experience wi...

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spelling okr-10986-362152021-09-01T05:10:36Z Toward an Eco-Industrial Park Framework in Punjab : Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening for Industrial Estates World Bank SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK CLEAN PRODUCTION GREEN GROWTH ENERGY EFFICIENCY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The aim of this report is to provide the Government of Punjab with a preliminary overview of opportunities and obstacles for the adoption of the EIP Framework by industrial estates (IEs) in Punjab, based on the World Bank Group's experience with emerging economies in implementation of the EIP Framework, as well as the results from research on policy regimes and industrial practices in Punjab. As part of this analysis, Sundar Industrial Estate (SIE) has been selected to pilot the high-level technical analysis on the environmental, social, and economic areas to improve, to operationalize the EIP Framework. Results and recommendations in this report are delivered as part of the broader support of the World Bank Group to the government through the Punjab Green Development Program (P165388). In a 2014 assessment of environmental management for Pakistan's industrial growth, the main findings and recommendations suggest that "to strengthen Pakistan’s industrial growth and industrial estates, the government must provide: (i) sectoral policies that support the greening of Pakistan's industrial sector to enhance international competitiveness; (ii) upgraded trade facilitation and sustainable infrastructure (particularly transport and energy infrastructure) to address some of the spatial aspects of industrialization; and (iii) strong institutions for effective industrialization initiatives, including those for small and medium enterprises." As IEs can play a pivotal role in industrial development, it is expected that the EIP Framework will help achieve the vision of Punjab's Growth Strategy 2023 to create "a globally connected and competitive, equitable, culturally vibrant and technologically advanced Punjab with sustainable economic growth driven through a dynamic private sector, an efficient public sector, rich and productive human capital and, a regionally equalized development footprint by 2023." 2021-08-31T13:51:12Z 2021-08-31T13:51:12Z 2021-08-30 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/531121630350474039/Toward-an-Eco-Industrial-Park-Framework-in-Punjab-Regulatory-and-Institutional-Strengthening-for-Industrial-Estates http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36215 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Energy-Environment Review South Asia Pakistan
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topic SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK
CLEAN PRODUCTION
GREEN GROWTH
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
spellingShingle SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK
CLEAN PRODUCTION
GREEN GROWTH
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
World Bank
Toward an Eco-Industrial Park Framework in Punjab : Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening for Industrial Estates
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Pakistan
description The aim of this report is to provide the Government of Punjab with a preliminary overview of opportunities and obstacles for the adoption of the EIP Framework by industrial estates (IEs) in Punjab, based on the World Bank Group's experience with emerging economies in implementation of the EIP Framework, as well as the results from research on policy regimes and industrial practices in Punjab. As part of this analysis, Sundar Industrial Estate (SIE) has been selected to pilot the high-level technical analysis on the environmental, social, and economic areas to improve, to operationalize the EIP Framework. Results and recommendations in this report are delivered as part of the broader support of the World Bank Group to the government through the Punjab Green Development Program (P165388). In a 2014 assessment of environmental management for Pakistan's industrial growth, the main findings and recommendations suggest that "to strengthen Pakistan’s industrial growth and industrial estates, the government must provide: (i) sectoral policies that support the greening of Pakistan's industrial sector to enhance international competitiveness; (ii) upgraded trade facilitation and sustainable infrastructure (particularly transport and energy infrastructure) to address some of the spatial aspects of industrialization; and (iii) strong institutions for effective industrialization initiatives, including those for small and medium enterprises." As IEs can play a pivotal role in industrial development, it is expected that the EIP Framework will help achieve the vision of Punjab's Growth Strategy 2023 to create "a globally connected and competitive, equitable, culturally vibrant and technologically advanced Punjab with sustainable economic growth driven through a dynamic private sector, an efficient public sector, rich and productive human capital and, a regionally equalized development footprint by 2023."
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title Toward an Eco-Industrial Park Framework in Punjab : Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening for Industrial Estates
title_short Toward an Eco-Industrial Park Framework in Punjab : Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening for Industrial Estates
title_full Toward an Eco-Industrial Park Framework in Punjab : Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening for Industrial Estates
title_fullStr Toward an Eco-Industrial Park Framework in Punjab : Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening for Industrial Estates
title_full_unstemmed Toward an Eco-Industrial Park Framework in Punjab : Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening for Industrial Estates
title_sort toward an eco-industrial park framework in punjab : regulatory and institutional strengthening for industrial estates
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/531121630350474039/Toward-an-Eco-Industrial-Park-Framework-in-Punjab-Regulatory-and-Institutional-Strengthening-for-Industrial-Estates
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