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Working Amid Fragility: Delivering Results in Essential Services in Palestine
Feb 27, 2017 / 0 Comments
As far back as 320 BC, the Ancient Greeks made laws forbidding people to throw away their waste or leave it to accumulate in unpaved streets and roadways. They realized that dumping household garbage and the improper incineration of solid waste were making pollution worse and jeopardizing public health—just as, today in Palestine, the burning and illegal dumping of household waste are of concern to the World Bank Group.
Continue reading the article on the World Bank website, here.
