Ringskog, KlasChow, Nola2014-09-172014-09-172002https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20230India's environmental problems are deep-rooted and severe. Estimates of annual environmental damage range from 4.5 percent to 8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), in line with annual economic growth. Since 1990 the World Bank has lent India 1.94 billion dollars for 19 projects to mitigate environmental damage and another 97 million dollars was granted under global environmental facility (GEF) and Montreal protocol trust funds for four projects to protect the global environment. The Bank has also supported a spectrum of economic and sector work (ESW) that address environmental issues based on country assistance strategies. The report identifies eight conclusions for the Bank s future environmental assistance to India: integrate safeguards earlier in the project cycle; provide alternatives to public sector management of water supply and sewerage systems; greatly expand support of sanitation programs; air pollution needs to be targeted as a priority measure; step up efforts to promote rational pricing of natural resources; monitoring and enforcement of environmental standards is lagging and undermines the whole regulatory effort; links between poverty reduction and ecological balance must be more fully documented; and better recognition of global environmental threats will also address local concerns.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTINGADVERSE EFFECTSAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAIR POLLUTANTSAIR POLLUTIONAIR QUALITYAIR QUALITY MANAGEMENTAIR QUALITY STANDARDSALTERNATIVE ENERGYALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCESAQUIFERSASSESSMENT PROCESSBANK FAILUREBASINSBIO-DIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCARBON TAXCARBON TAXESCDFCFCSCHEMICAL FERTILIZERSCHLOROFLUOROCARBONSCLEAN COALCLEAN TECHNOLOGIESCLEANER PRODUCTIONCOALCOAL RESOURCESCOASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENTCOASTAL ZONESCOLLECTION SYSTEMSCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONSOLIDATIONCONSTRUCTIONCONTAMINATED WATERCOST EFFECTIVENESSDECENTRALIZATIONDECISION MAKINGDEFORESTATIONDEGRADED LANDDEGRADED LANDSDISPOSAL PROBLEMSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EFFECTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INCENTIVESECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEMSEFFECTIVE USEEFFICIENT USEEFFLUENT TREATMENTEFFLUENTSELASTICITY OF DEMANDEMISSIONEMISSION LEVELSEMISSION STANDARDSEMISSIONSENDANGERED SPECIESENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY RESEARCHENERGY RESOURCESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANENVIRONMENTAL AGENDAENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTSENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESSENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITYENVIRONMENTAL COSTSENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGEENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONENVIRONMENTAL GOALSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL LAWSENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONSENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDSENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYENVIRONMENTAL TARGETSEXTERNALITIESFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFISHFLAT TOPOGRAPHYFOREST COVERFOREST MANAGEMENTFORESTRYFUELFUELSGASGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL WARMINGGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE EFFECTGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GASESGROUNDWATERHAZARDOUS WASTESHEALTH HAZARDHEALTH RISKHIGH LEVELSINDUSTRIAL POLLUTIONINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL WATERSIRRIGATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATION WATERLAND DEGRADATIONLAND TENURELAWSLEGISLATIONLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOGGINGMAJOR EMITTERMARGINAL COSTMETHANEMETHANE EMISSIONSMETROPOLITAN AREASNATURAL ENVIRONMENTNATURAL RESOURCE BASENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESOVERGRAZINGOVERPUMPINGOZONEOZONE DEPLETIONOZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCESPARTICULATE MATTERPER CAPITA EMISSIONPER CAPITA INCOMEPETROLEUM REFINERIESPOLLUTION ABATEMENTPOLLUTION CONTROLPOLLUTION DISCHARGEPOLLUTION LEVELSPOLLUTION TAXPOPULATION GROWTHPOWER CONSUMPTIONPOWER GENERATIONPOWER PLANTSPOWER STATIONSPOWER UTILITIESPOWER UTILITYPRICE ELASTICITYPRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMANDPRODUCTION PATTERNSPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTIVITYPROTECTED AREASPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC POLICYQUALITY STANDARDSRECLAMATIONREMOTE SENSINGRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCESRENEWABLE RESOURCESRESOURCE MANAGEMENTRESOURCE USERISK FACTORSRIVERSRURAL WATER SUPPLYSAFE WATERSCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSEWAGESOIL DEGRADATIONSOLAR POWERSOLID WASTESOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTSURCHARGESSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE USETAX REFORMTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETHERMAL POLLUTIONTHERMAL POWERTHERMAL POWER PLANTSTRANSPORTTREATIESTRUST FUNDSUNSAFE DRINKING WATERURBAN AIR POLLUTIONURBAN CENTERSURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN POLLUTIONURBAN POPULATIONWASHINGWASTEWASTE DISPOSALWASTE MANAGEMENTWASTE MINIMIZATIONWATER CONSERVATIONWATER POLLUTIONWATER QUALITYWATER SUPPLYWETLANDS10.1596/20230