Lovei, MagdaGentry, Bradford S.2013-06-202013-06-202002-040-8213-5006-4https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14082Governments worldwide have increasingly recognized the economic potential and fiscal advantages of privatization. What is less well recognized is that, under the right conditions, privatization can also yield environmental benefits and contribute to sustainable development. This report reviews a number of case studies to draw lessons about the environmental implications of privatization. It emphasizes that privatization offers an opportunity for making strategic decisions with longer-term impacts; streses that integrating environmental and social considerations into the privatization process leads to better, more sustainable outcomes; and recommends approaches to building on the positive linkages between privatization and environmental protection.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTIONSAUDITSBANKING SECTORCAPITAL FLOWSCARBONCERCLACITIESCIVIL SOCIETYCLEANUPCLIMATE CHANGECOALDIRECT INVESTMENTECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC INCENTIVESEMERGING MARKETSEMISSIONSEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEENFORCEMENT SYSTEMENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIESENVIRONMENTAL AGENCYENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTSENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL CHANGEENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCEENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNSENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGESENVIRONMENTAL GOALSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONSENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATIONENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTUREENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL LAWENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL MATTERSENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVESENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONSENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTSENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONSENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONSENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTSENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDSEUROPEAN UNIONEXPENDITURESEXPLOITATIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFUTURE USEGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONGOVERNMENT REGULATIONSHAZARDOUS WASTEHEALTH RISKSHUMAN HEALTHLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL STATUSLEGISLATIONLOCAL GOVERNMENTMICROFINANCEMULTINATIONAL COMPANIESNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL RESOURCESOILPEER REVIEWPENALTIESPOLLUTIONPOLLUTION HAVENSPRIVATIZATIONPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC OWNERSHIPREGULATORY APPROACHESREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRESOURCE USERISK TAKINGSAFETY NETSSEWAGESOCIAL SERVICESSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSUBSIDIARYSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTIMBERTRADE ORGANIZATIONTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPORTWASTE MANAGEMENTWASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTWATER RESOURCESWorld Bank10.1596/0-8213-5006-4