The concept of the circular economy (CE) is gaining attention worldwide as a way to promote sustainable development and reduce resource consumption. The CE is an economic system that aims to reduce the...
Today the world faces unprecedented challenges in waste management while the state of the municipal waste management sector globally is a matter of concern. To reverse current trends related to waste generation...
As per World Bank estimates, air pollution and lead exposure are responsible for more than one-fifth of the premature deaths in Bangladesh (2019). Strong environmental regulations, strict environmental...
Over the past decade, material efficiency and resource productivity have surfaced on the global policy agenda. The rise of the circular economy (CE) agenda reflects the objective of moving away from the...
This report is the final report of a World Bank Reimbursable Advisory Service (RAS) provided to the Government of Croatia on ‘Circular Economy Approaches in Solid Waste Management’. Financed by the European...
The Environment and Waste Management Project (EWMP) aims to support the Government of Lao PDR (GOL) to reach its objectives, as stated in the National Green Growth Strategy 2030; to implement policies...
The objective of the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project aims to reduce the impacts of flooding in Muang Xay of Oudomxay (ODX) Province and enhance capacity of the Government of Lao PDR (GOL)...
This final report presents the findings and recommendations of the World Bank-funded study on air pollution in Lao PDR. The study serves as technical basis to inform the air pollution component of the...
The World Bank is developing a Sustainable Cities Implementation Framework for Europe and Central Asia to inform World Bank and other development partners’ ongoing support to national and sub-national...
Russia generates 4 to 5 billion tons of waste annually, most of which is industrial waste. The intensity of its generation is much higher than in Europe: the manufacturing industry delivers five times...
On June 19, 2007, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a grant to assist the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to eliminate obsolete pesticide stockpiles owned by the government...
On May 3, 2007, an emissions reductions purchase agreement (ERPA) was signed today between the Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF) which is managed by the World Bank, and SAGUAPAC, a Bolivian sanitation...