Message-ID: <8525684F.007BC725.E1@WBLN0014.worldbank.org> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:31:48 -0500 From: mailto:Dshaman@WORLDBANK.ORG Subject: NIPR newsletter, December 1999 To: mailto:DEVEL-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
The World Bank Publishes "Greening Industry: New Roles for Communities, Markets and Governments" on the NIPR SiteDear Friends:
The New Ideas in Pollution Regulation (NIPR) team is pleased to announce that its report Greening Industry: New Roles for Communities, Markets, and Governments is available in its entirety on the NIPR website ( http://www.worldbank.org/nipr). Greening Industry is a major World Bank policy report on NIPR's six years of research on the economics of industrial pollution regulation and control issues in the developing world. The full text of the report is available at http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/greening/index.htm.
The report shows how recent economic and regulatory policy reforms are reducing industrial pollution in developing countries, without threatening economic growth. After many failed attempts to import regulatory models from the industrial countries, progressive regulators are developing a new model for pollution control. Based on sound economic principles, this new model incorporates market-based incentives, a broad commitment to public environmental information, and targeted assistance to managers who are trying to improve environmental performance. It stresses participatory regulation where community representatives share in negotiations with government regulators and factory managers. With much better public information about pollution, market agents also make their presence felt through the decisions of consumers, bankers and stockholders.
In late November, the NIPR team released Greening Industry with a double launch in Bogota, Colombia and at the Bank's Washington DC headquarters. The initial launch in Bogota was co-hosted with the Colombian Ministry of Environment, and among the 200 in attendance were key policymakers from across Latin America. A reception at the University of the Andes, following the conference, was notable for the clamor raised by students attempting to secure one of the limited copies of the report. The Washington conference brought innovative regulators from Latin America and Asia to the Bank to share their experiences. More than 300 people attended, some coming from as far away as South America and Europe, and the conference was simultaneously webcast live to a sizable worldwide audience. The international media also responded to the report's release as news on Greening Industry was picked up by several wire services, CNN, and newspapers in China, India, Colombia, Nepal and elsewhere. The archived webcast may also be viewed on NIPR at http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/greening/webcast.htm.
The report's summary is available in Spanish at http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/greening/spanish.pdf (note this document is in PDF format and requires a PDF viewer).
The NIPR team takes off to Bangkok, Thailand in January and will co-host with the Government of Thailand a conference to address the key themes raised in the Greening Industry report. The conference will convene key policymakers and environmental activists in Bangkok to discuss how information and environmental awareness are redefining the way governments and industries address industrial pollution control problems. The conference dates are January 26th and 27th.
We hope you will take time to review the Greening Industry report, and as always, we would welcome your comments and thoughts regarding this major research output. If you know someone who would be interested in receiving the NIPR newsletter or learning about Greening Industry, feel free to let us know or have them contact us directly. If you wish to no longer receive our monthly mailings, please let us know by writing David Shaman at mailto:dshaman@worldbank.org. during this holiday season. Happy new millennium.