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Agriculture
Incentives & Behavior
The Role of Community in Pollution Control
Impact of the Market in Pollution Control
Country Briefings
Greening Industry

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Agriculture

• "Agricultural Trade, Development and Toxic Risk", World Development, 2002,  Vol , 30, No.8, 1401-12.
• Health Effects and Pesticide Perception as Determinants of Pesticide Use: Evidence from Bangladesh, by Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner, and Mainul Huq, WPS 3776, November 2005.
  • Forthcoming:  "A Pinch or a Pint? Evidence of Pesticide Overuse in Bangladesh", Journal of Agricultural Economics.
• Is Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture Less Profitable for Farmers? Evidence on Integrated Pest Management in Bangladesh, by Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner, David Wheeler,  World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3417, September 2004.
  • Forthcoming:  "Is Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture Less Profitable for Farmers? Evidence on Integrated Pest Management in Bangladesh", Review of Agricultural Economics.
• Methodology for Identifying Pesticide Hotspots: The Case of Bangladesh, by Susmita Dasgupta and Craig Meisner
• Pesticide Poisoning of Farm Workers: Implications of Blood Test Results from Vietnam, by Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner, David Wheeler, Nhan Thi Lam, Khuc Xuyen, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3624, June 2005.
  • Forthcoming:  "Pesticide Poisoning of Farm Workers: Implications of Blood Test Results from Vietnam", International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health.
  • Powerpoint Presentation on Pesticide Poisoning of Farm Workers (6415 kb)
• Pesticide Trader's Perception of Health Risks: Evidence from Bangladesh, by Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner, and Nlandu Mamingi, WPS3777, November 2005.
• "Pesticide Traders Perception of Health Risks: Evidence from Bangladesh", Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2006, Vol 6, No. 1, 71-86. 
• "Pesticide Use in Brazil in the Era of Agro-industrialization and Globalization", Environment and Development Economics, 2001, Vol 6, No. 4, 459-82.
• Report of Pesticide Hotspots in Bangladesh, by Craig Meisner, September 2004.
• Presentation: Compendium of Pesticide Hotspots in Bangladesh (Powerpoint 4594 kb)

Incentives & Behavior

• Incentives for Pollution Control: Regulation and (?) or(?) Information
  The authors perform an empirical analysis of the impact of both traditional enforcement and information strategies within the context of a single program and provide insights on the relative impact of the traditional (fines and penalties) and emerging (public disclosure) enforcement strategies.
• Small Plants, Pollution and Poverty: New Evidence from Brazil and Mexico,Susmita Dasgupta, Robert E.B. Lucas, David Wheeler, November 1998.
• Controlling Pollution--A New Approach, World Bank Policy and Research Bulletin , Vol. 7, No. 4, October-December 1996.
• Monitoring and Enforcement of Environmental Policy, Mark A. Cohen, August 1998.
• Regulation in the Information Age: Indonesian Public Information Program for Environmental Management, Shakeb Afsah, Benoit Laplante, David Wheeler, March 1997
• Information in Pollution Management: The New Model, David Wheeler, June 1997.
• Incomplete Enforcement of Pollution Regulation: Bargaining Power of Chinese Factories by Hua Wang, Nlandu Mamingi, Benoit Laplante and Susmita Dasgupta, April 2002.
• Industrial Enviornmental Performance in China: The impact of inspections by Susmita Dasgupta, Benoit Laplante, Nlandu Mamingi, and Hua Wang.
• Industrial Pollution in Economic Development: Kuznets Revisited, Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani David Wheeler, Development Research Group, World Bank, November, 1997
• Tradable Permits and the Control of Air Pollution in the United States, by Tom Tietenberg

• Are The Costs Of Pollution Abatement Lower In Central and Eastern Europe? Evidence From Lithuania, by Randall Bluffstone.

The Role of Community in Pollution Control

Impact of the Market in Pollution Control

• Approving the Rules and Regulations Implementing the Environmental User Fee System in the Laguna De Bay Region, Resolution no. 33, December 1996

• Market Based Instruments For Environmental Policymaking In Latin America And The Caribbean: Lessons From Eleven Countries, Richard M. Huber, Jack Ruitenbeek And Ronaldo Serôa Da Motta, World Bank Discussion Paper No. 381, 1998.
  
  
  

Greening Industry

• Economic Man, Cleaner Planet, The Economist, September 27, 2001
• Greening Industry: Need for New Approaches,  Pradeep Kumar, May 1, 2002

Poverty/Environment Nexus

• The Poverty/Environment Nexus: Findings for Lao PDR, Susmita Dasgupta, Uwe Deichmann, Craig Meisner and David Wheeler, The World Bank Environment Strategy Note #5, November 2002
• Where is the Poverty-Environment Nexus? Evidence from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam, Susmita Dasgupta, Uwe Deichmann, Craig Meisner and David Wheeler, World Development, Vol 33, No. 4, 617-38

Environment Indicators

• Re-thinking World Bank environmental Investments: Adjustments for Threats and Country Risks, Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner and David Wheeler, The World Bank Environment Strategy Note # 11, November 2004