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Environment
Concern for environmental sustainability within developing countries is an intrinsic part of the World Bank’s mission to fight poverty with lasting results.
- 5 to 6 million people die each year in developing countries due to water-borne diseases and air pollution.
- Economic costs of environmental degradation have been estimated at 4 to 8 percent of GDP a year in many developing countries.
- Climate change threatens to further undermine long-term development and the ability of many poor people to escape poverty.
The World Bank's environment strategy places emphasis on developing country priorities with three objectives:
- Improving the quality of life – people’s health, livelihood and vulnerability – affected by environmental conditions;
- Improving the quality of growth – by supporting policy, regulatory, and institutional frameworks for sustainable environmental management and by promoting sustainable private development; and
- Protecting the quality of the regional and global commons such as climate change, forests, water resources and biodiversity.
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