Publication: Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges
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Date
2013-01
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Published
2013-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
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.
Citation
“World Bank. 2013. Environmental Health in Nicaragua : Addressing Key Environmental Challenges. Latin America and Caribbean Region
Environment and Water Resources occasional paper series;. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16588 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”