Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction : A Country Environmental Analysis for Colombia

The analysis of the cost of environmental degradation conducted as part of the country environmental analysis (CEA) shows that the most costly problems associated with environmental degradation are urban and indoor air pollution; inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene; natural disasters (such as flooding and landslides); and land degradation. The burden of these costs falls most heavily on vulnerable segments of the population. To address these problems, this report identifies a number of cost-effective policy interventions that could be adopted in the short and medium terms to support sustainable development goals. In recent decades, considerable progress has been made in addressing the water and the forestry environmental agendas. The impact of environmental degradation on the most vulnerable groups suggests the need to increase emphasis on environmental health issues. However, the environmental management agenda has yet to catch up with this shift in priorities from watershed and forestry to environmental health problems because mechanisms in the current institutional structure to signal these changes are not yet in place. Improved monitoring and dissemination of information on environmental outcomes, assignment of accountability for environmental actions and outcomes, and involvement of a broad range of stakeholders are three important mechanisms to allow these signals to be picked up.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ahmed, Kulsum, Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto, Awe, Yewande
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2007
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, AIR QUALITY, AQUEDUCTS, BASIC SANITATION, BIODIVERSITY, BOD, BROAD RANGE, CANCER, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAL, COLLECTION SYSTEMS, CONSTRUCTION, CONTAMINATED WATER, COST ANALYSIS, DEFORESTATION, DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DIESEL FUELS, DISABILITY, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISEASES, DISSEMINATION, DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER QUALITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECOSYSTEM, EMERGENCIES, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSION STANDARDS, EMISSIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, EROSION CONTROL, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXPENDITURES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FOREST COVER, FORESTRY, FRESHWATER RESOURCES, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUTURE GENERATIONS, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL WARMING, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GREENHOUSE GAS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROUNDWATER, HAZARDOUS WASTES, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH IMPACT, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH RISKS, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, HEALTHY LIFE, HEAVY METALS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN SETTLEMENT, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, ILLNESS, ILLNESSES, INCOME, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND USE, LAND-USE PLANNING, LARGE CITIES, LEGAL STATUS, LEGISLATION, MASS MEDIA, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINES, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MONITORING PROGRAM, MOTHER, MPS, MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER, NATIONAL COUNCIL, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL PLANS, NATIONAL POLICIES, NATIONAL RESOURCES, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUMBER OF DEATHS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OIL, ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY, OZONE, PH, POLICY FORMULATION, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CHARGES, POLLUTION FEES, POLLUTION LEVELS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROUPS, POTABLE WATER, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE, PRIVATE DOCTORS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, PROTECTED AREAS, PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC DEBATE, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS, PUBLIC POLICY, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY STANDARDS, REDUCING EMISSIONS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RESPECT, RISK MANAGEMENT, RURAL AREAS, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SAVINGS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, SECTORAL POLICIES, SERVICE PROVISION, SOCIAL PARTICIPATION, SOCIAL POLICY, SOIL CONSERVATION, SOIL DEGRADATION, SOIL EROSION, SOLID WASTES, STREAMS, SULFUR DIOXIDE, SUSPENDED SOLIDS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL CAPACITY, TECHNICAL RESOURCES, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN AIR POLLUTION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN SLUM DWELLERS, URBANIZATION, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, WASHING, WASTE DISPOSAL, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER POLLUTION, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SUPPLY, WATERSHED, WETLANDS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8088979/environmental-priorities-poverty-reduction-country-environmental-analysis-colombia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6700
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