Key Issues and Sectors
‘Must read’ are indicated by starand include the Table of Contents or the Abstract. Selected references are available as PDF downloads and are indicated by the phrase: (PDF download available).

Basic Services

Air Pollution

Water Pollution

Solid and Hazardous Waste

A Gestão do Resíduos Sólidos em Belo Horizonte (The management of solid waste in Belo Horizonte). Tavares-Campos, H.T. and Abreu, M. 1996. In: Memorias Tecnicas, XXV Congreso Internacional de AIDIS, Mexico.

Assessment of investments in solid waste management: Strategies for urban environmental improvement. Gopalan, P. and Bartone, C. 1997. Transport, Water & Urban Development Department Discussion Paper, World Bank, Washington, DC.

Composting and its Applicability in Developing Countries. Hoornweg, D., Thomas, L. and Otten, L. 2000. Urban and Local Government Working Paper Series No. 7, The World Bank, Washington, DC.

Conceptual Framework for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Low-income Countries. Schubeler, P. et al. 1996. Urban Management Programme Working Paper No. 9, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Decision Makers’ Guide to Municipal Solid Waste Incineration. Haukohl, J.; Rand, T.; and Mr. U. Marxen. 1999. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Pp. 20. (PDF download available)

Guidance Note on Landfill Siting. Johannessen, L.M. (in press). Urban and Local Government Working Paper Series, The World Bank, Washington, DC.

Guidance Note on Recuperation of Landfill Gas from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Johannessen, L.M. 1999b. Urban and Local Government Working Paper Series No. 4, The World Bank, Washington, DC. (PDF download available)

Guidance Note on Leachate Management for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Johannessen, Lars Mikkel. 1999. Working Paper Series No. 5. Urban Development Division, Urban Waste Management Thematic Group. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Pp. 22.

Health Care Waste Management Guidance Note. Johannessen, Lars Mikkel; Dijkman, Marleen; Bartone, Carl; Hanrahan, David; Boyer, M. Gabriela; and Chandra, Candace. May 2000. Urban Development Division, Infrastructure Group, Environment Department and Health, Nutrition and Population Team. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Pp. 64.

Investments in Solid Waste Management: Opportunities for environmental improvement. Bartone, C.R., Bernstein, J. and Wright, F. 1989. Policy, Research and External Affairs Working Paper No. 405, World Bank, Washington, DC.

Methodological Guidelines for Sectorial Analysis in Solid Waste: Preliminary Version. Pan American Health Organization. 1995. PIAS Technical Report Series No. 4, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC.

Municipal Solid Waste Incineration. 1999. The World Bank Technical Guidance Report. Washington, D.C. Pp. 112. (PDF download available)

Municipal Solid Waste Management: Involving Micro- and Small Enterprises - Guidelines for municipal managers. Haan, H.C., Coad, A. and Lardinois, I. 1998. International Training Centre of the ILO, SKAT, WASTE, Turin, Italy.

Observations of Solid Waste Landfills in Developing Countries: Africa, Asia and Latin America. Johannessen, Lars Mikkel and Boyer, Gabriela. 1999. Working Paper Series No. 3. Urban Development Division, Waste Management Anchor Team. The World Bank. Washington, D.C. Pp. 41. (PDF download available)

star Solid Waste Landfills: Decision-Makers’ Guide Summary. Thurgood, Maggie. 1999(?) Joint publication of the World Bank, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, and the Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management (SKAT). Washington, D.C. and Copenhagen, Denmark. Pp. 31. (Table of Contents)

Planning Guide for Strategic Municipal Solid Waste Management in Major Cities in Low-income Countries. Environmental Resources Management 1998. Draft report prepared for Transport, Water & Urban Development Department, World Bank, Washington, DC.

Private Sector Participation in Municipal Solid Waste Management. Cointreau, S. 1994. Urban Management Programme Technical Paper No. 13, The World Bank, Washington, DC.

Private Sector Participation in Municipal Solid Waste Management: Guidance Pack (5 Volumes). Cointreau, S., Gopalan, P. and Coad, A. 2000. SKAT, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Private Sector Participation in Municipal Solid Waste Service: Experiences in Latin America. Bartone, C.R., Leite, L., Triche, T. and Schertenleib, R. 1991. Waste Management & Research, 9(6):495-509.

Safe Management of Wastes from Health-care Activities. Prüss, A., Giroult, E. and Rushbrook, P. 1999. World Health Organization, Geneva.

Solid Waste Landfills in Middle- and Lower-income Countries: A Technical Guide to Planning, Design and Preparation. Rushbrook, P. and Pugh, M. 1999. World Bank Technical Paper No. 426, Washington, DC.

Solid Waste Management in Latin America: The Role of Micro- and Small Enterprises and Cooperatives. Arroyo-Moreno, J., Rivas-Rios, F. and Lardinois, I. 1999. IPES-ACEPESA-WASTE Urban Waste Series No. 5, Lima, Peru.

Solid Waste Landfills in Middle- and Lower- Income Countries: A Technical Guide to Planning, Design, and Operation. Rushbrook, Philip and Pugh, Michael. 1999. World Bank Technical Paper Technical Paper No. 426. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Pp. 248.

What a Waste: Solid Waste Management in Asia. Hoornweg, Daniel, with Thomas, Laura. 1999. Working Paper Series No. 1. Urban Development Sector Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Pp. 43. (PDF download available)

Summary: Municipal Solid Waste Incineration: Requirements for a Successful Project. Haukohl, J.; and U. Marxen. Summary of full report. World Bank Technical Paper No. 462. The World Bank. Washington, D.C. 14 pages. (Full report: 103 pages)

Workshop report. International Workshop on Micro and Small Enterprises Involvement in Municipal Solid Waste Management, Cairo, Egypt, 14-18 October 1996. Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management (SKAT), St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Workshop report. International Workshop on Municipal Solid Waste Management, Ittingen, Switzerland, 9-12 April 1995. Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management (SKAT), St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Workshop report. International Workshop on Promotion of Public/Private Participation in Municipal Solid Waste Management in Low-income Countries, Washington, DC, 22-23 February 1996. Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management (SKAT), St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Workshop report. International Workshop on Waste Disposal Upgrading Options for Lower- and Middle-Income Countries, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 8-11 September 1998. Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management (SKAT), St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Land and Ecosystems

Environment Hazards

Global Environmental Challenges