Acronyms and initials Definitions and data notes Overview 1 Focusting on the right problemas Development, the environment, and the long-term prospect Removing impediments to action Putting policies to work The costs of a better environment 1 Development and the environment: a false dichotomy The context: population, poverty, and economic growth Sustaining development The nature of the challenge 2 Environmental priorities for development Water Air pollution Solid and hazardous wastes land and habitat Atmospheric changes Conclusion 3 Market, governments, and the environment Environmental damage: diverse problems, common causes Adopting good development policies 4 Making better decisins: information, institutions, and participation The political economy of environmental degradation Improving knowledge and understanding Chaging institutions: making the public sector more responsive Involving local people 5 Sanitation and clean water Water supply and asnitation as environmental priorities Managing water resources better Providing services that people want and are willing to pay for Increasing investments in sanitation Rethinking institutional arrangements What might be accomplished 6 Energy and industry Energy Industry Conclusions 7 Rural environmental policy Resource management by individuals and enterprises Resource management by communities Resource management by governments Conclusions 8 International environmental concerns Some lessons from experience Responding to the of greenhouse warning Biological diversity: na approach to common concerns 9 The costs of a better environment Finance and the local environment Finance and the local environment Financing environmental expenditures Development in the twenty-first century