01391pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001800040245005900058260000900117300001200126520085400138650002300992650001801015650001601033773002901049909001001078999001701088952010401105180718b1997   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aIslam, Nazrul  aIncome-environment relationship: how different is Asia  c1997  ap.18-51  aThis paper shows that there is no rule that the environment has to first deteriorate with economic growth and improve only later. There is no absolute, invariant income-environment relationship (IER) to imply such a rule. This is shown by estimating IER for Asia and comparing it with the same for other regions of the world. It is found that IERs differ widely across regions and across pollutants, and do not usually conform to the shape implied by the Environmental Kuznets's Curve hypothesis. This indicates that the role of income in explaining pollution dynamics is limited. With appropriate policies, pollution level can be kept low even during the initial stage of economic growth. In particular, policy measures are urgently needed in Asian countries to reduce solid particulate matter in air, and nitrate and arsenic in water. - Reproduced  aEnvironment - Asia  aIncome - Asia  aEnvironment  aAsian Development Review  a43079  c43079d43079  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 15, Issue no: 1pAR43464r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR