Green Industrial Growth : Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability in Pakistan's Industrial Sector
Pakistan's growth strategy for the economy, as outlined in the 2011 framework for economic growth, calls for reinvigorating the industrial sector and increasing exports. The industrial structure of the country has not experienced any significa...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/18114592/pakistan-green-industrial-growth-mainstreaming-environmental-sustainability-pakistans-industrial-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15981 |
| Summary: | Pakistan's growth strategy for the
economy, as outlined in the 2011 framework for economic
growth, calls for reinvigorating the industrial sector and
increasing exports. The industrial structure of the country
has not experienced any significant changes in the past
thirty years. Inadequate industrial environmental
performance is an important contributor to the weak export
performance of Pakistan's industrial sectors. The
relationship between Pakistan's goals for industrial
expansion and export growth and the environmental
performance of Pakistani firms is the central theme of this
report, which is framed as follows: Pakistan's industry
is outdated and risks losing markets at a time when it may
have the opportunity to occupy the space being left by
manufacturing giants like China. This report is organized as
follows: chapter two sets the stage for the remaining
chapters by discussing the relationships between industrial
development and environmental degradation in Pakistan.
Chapter three summarizes empirically established linkages
between environmental performance and export
competitiveness, and 14,001 by firms surveyed as part of
this Non-Lending Technical Assistance (NLTA). Chapter four
analyzes the institutional, regulatory, and firm-level
impediments to improved environmental performance, including
barriers to cleaner production. Chapter five evaluates the
effectiveness of current Cleaner Production (CP) initiatives
carried out by Pakistan's cleaner production centers,
and Chapter six recommends potential interventions that
could be undertaken by the Government of Pakistan to
maintain and enhance the competiveness of Pakistan's
firms by improving their environmental performance. |
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