General Assessment

Web links to articles & data on topical environmental concerns relevant to South Asia.

 

• World Development Indicators: Environment, The World Bank

• South Asia: Global Water Partnership

• Environmental Costs of Asian Development, Asia Times, November 2002
Neglect of the environment is costing Asian economies as much as 8 percent of national growth, and the extent of degradation is accelerating, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned in its latest regional assessment.

• Integrated assessment modeling to support policy development in South Asia
Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden, pdf