After six years of research, policy experimentation and front-line observation, the
World Bank’s New Ideas in Pollution Regulation team (NIPR) believe sustainable development is within reach. Although greening industry will take time, even the poorest countries can accomplish it. How? They recommend market-based incentives, a broad commitment to public environmental information, and targeted assistance to managers who are trying to improve environmental performance. The authors emphasize the importance of participatory regulation, where community representatives, government regulators and factory managers sit together at the negotiating table.
The team invites the public to a seminar based on the report, “Greening Industry: New Roles for Communities, Markets, and Governments.” If you can’t attend the November 22nd event in Washington DC you can view the live webcast from 2-4:30PM Eastern Time on the NIPR website. You can download the report there too. It is also available in CD-ROM format. “Resources for Greening Industry” is an electronic version of the report packed with 500 files of background material. It is a reference for state-of-the-art
research and tools on innovative industrial pollution control programs in the developing world.
The seminar will focus on: the use of economic instruments; public information disclosure programs; promoting clean production by small enterprises; implementation of the Bank’s guidelines on pollution abatement. Panelists include Nabiel Makarim, architect of Indonesia’s PROPER disclosure program, and Thomas Black Arbeleaz, designer of Colombia’s national pollution charge program.
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Yasmin D’Souza: ydsouza@worldbank.org
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