an ever-greater contributor to local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The situation is particularly acute in … developing countries, where growing metropolitan regions suffer some of the world's highest levels of air pollution. Policies … and pollution they seek to mitigate. This paper provides an overview of the findings of the recent literature on the …

This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the … implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those … pollution inhibit urban competitiveness? Second, why is this effect likely to grow in importance over time? Third, why have …

The fallout of nitrogen pollution is considered one of the largest global externalities facing the world, impacting air …, Vietnam, and 33 African countries to analyze the causal links between pollution exposure experienced during the very earliest … stages of life and later-life health. The results show that pollution exposure experienced in the critical years of …