Enhancing Opportunities for Clean and Resilient Growth in Urban Bangladesh : Country Environmental Analysis 2018
Bangladesh has sustained robust economic growth, led by industrial development and urbanization, for the past three decades. In tandem with its economic development, country has been increasingly urbanizing led by the massive growth of Dhaka, the n...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/585301536851966118/Enhancing-Opportunities-for-Clean-and-Resilient-Growth-in-Urban-Bangladesh-Country-Environmental-Analysis-2018 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30558 |
| Summary: | Bangladesh has sustained robust economic
growth, led by industrial development and urbanization, for
the past three decades. In tandem with its economic
development, country has been increasingly urbanizing led by
the massive growth of Dhaka, the nation’s capital. Yet
urbanization and industrial growth have come with high
environmental costs that are increasingly harming
Bangladesh’s prospects for continued strong economic
progress. Urban environmental pollution is already imposing
a significant cost on the economy. Over the last decade,
country has improved its policy regime and systems for
environmental and pollution management, yet much more needs
to be done to arrest the stark effects of pollution and
environmental degradation on people’s health and economic
productivity. Given the growing environmental challenges
that Bangladesh’s cities face, this assessment focuses on
the country’s urban areas. The report analyzes the impacts
and causes of pollution levels and natural resource
degradation in Dhaka and other rapidly growing cities. It
updates the first assessment prepared over a decade ago with
the aim of (i) better understanding the environmental
challenges, trends, and implications of rapid economic
growth in urban areas; and (ii) identifying paths toward
cleaner and more climate resilient growth through
technological changes and institutional, regulatory, and
policy reforms. The analysis includes case studies at the
city level, including the Greater Dhaka area and other
cities of various sizes. Based on the analysis in this
assessment, priorities for reform and investment should
include the following: (i) enhancing environmental policy
and institutions at the national level; (ii) enhancing
environmental management at the local/ city level; (iii)
strengthening the enforcement and accountability regime;
(iv) leveraging market-based instruments to protect the
environment and unlock green financing; (v) promoting
resource-efficient and cleaner production as a tool for
reconciling environmental performance with competitiveness;
(vi) harnessing the power of public pressure. |
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