Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries

Olmstead, Sheila ; Zheng, Jiameng

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: WATER POLLUTION;    WATER QUALITY;    POLLUTION CONTROL;    WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;    INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT;   

RP-ID  :  144280

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper surveys the economic theorybehind regulatory and other solutions to the stark ambientwater pollution problems that exist in many developingcountries, and what is known from the empirical economicsliterature about the effectiveness of these solutions.