Environment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean : the role of the World Bank / prepared by John A. Dixon, Swaminathan Aiyer, and Andrew N. Parker.

Introduction, 1 -- 1. Good economic policy can be good environmental policy, 6 -- Poverty and slow growth can pollute and degrade, 7 -- Subsidies can be polluters, 9 -- Openness can reduce pollution, 12 -- Better health requires cleaner water, 13 -- Saving the environment can help the economy, 14 -- Replacing perverse incentives with appropriate ones, 15 -- 2. Market-based incentives and regulations, 20 -- Market-based incentives, 20 -- Command-and-control measures, 21 -- Combining regulations and incentives, 22 -- Harmonizing regulations with incentives, 25 -- Using the private sector, 25 -- 3. Making the right choices, 27 -- Data to establish priorities and raise political awareness, 27 -- Information and analysis for improved environmental assessment, 28 -- Analyzing alternatives, 31 -- Seeking cost-effective interventions, 33 -- 4. Strengthening institutional capacity, 35 -- Strengthening institutions, 36 -- Decentralizing and improving popular participation, 38 -- New policies for forestry, 40 -- Minimizing human dislocation, 41 -- Amerindians, 43 -- 5. Global issues and international assistance, 44 -- Priorities and funding, 45 -- More data and studies are needed, 49 -- Problems and prospects for global cooperation, 51 -- Annex. World Bank funded projects with environmental components and GEF funded projects, 53.