India’s sustained and rapid economic growth offers an opportunity to lift millions out of poverty. But this may come at … a steep cost to the nation’s environment and natural resources. This insightful book analyzes India’s growth from an … economic perspective and assesses whether India can grow in a “green” and sustainable manner. Three key issues are addressed …

major states of India. At the outset, in order to estimate sub-national inequality in carbon emissions we also estimated …In this study using standard measures of inequality such as Gini coefficient, Kakwani Index, coefficient of variation … and Theil Index we examine inequality in carbon emissions for the years 2000-09 at the sub-national level covering 17 …

consequences of the levels of ambient air pollution in Slovakia (which is among the highest in Europe) and to evaluate different … pollution can be more cost effective …

According to the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study, air pollution from fine particulate matter caused 6.4 million … premature deaths and 93 billion days lived with illness in 2019. Over the past decade, the toll of ambient air pollution has … continued to rise. Air pollution's significant health, social, and economic effects compel the World Bank to support client …

This paper examines the relative merits of two dominant economic instruments for reducing pollution—”green” taxes and … other. In practice, however, most countries have relied more on taxes than on permits to control pollution. The analysis …

findings indicate that increases in national income have a significant moderating effect on income inequality: a one percent … could help reduce income inequality. …

inequality is permanent, the increase in growth appears to be permanent. However, our estimates imply that it would take 13 years …