Acknowledgments This is a joint report of the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)at the University of Washington,Seattle.The core team,led by Urvashi Narain (World Bank),comprised Christopher Sall(World Bank),Michael Brauer(The University of British Columbia),Aaron Cohen(Health Effects Institute),Kara Estep(IHME),Mohammad Forou- zanfar (IHME),Zhiyun Jiang(World Bank),and Kevin O'Rourke (IHME).Contributions were also received from Lelia Croitoru(World Bank),Andreas Kopp(World Bank),and Maria Sarraf(World Bank). The team thanks Paula Caballero (World Bank),Valerie Hickey (World Bank)and Carter Brandon(World Bank)for their overall support and guidance.The report benefited greatly from discussions with Maureen Cropper(University of Maryland),Alan Krupnick(Resources for the Future (RFF)and peer reviewer),Jostein Nygard(World Bank)and Yewande Awe (World Bank).Constructive comments were received from the following peer reviewers for the study:Anjali Acharya(World Bank),Alan Krupnick,Montserrat Meiro-Lorenzo(World Bank),and Michael Toman (World Bank).The team would also like to acknowledge numer- ous other colleagues for their suggestions,including Sameer Akbar(World Bank),Michael Brody (World Bank),Gary Kleiman (World Bank),Kseniya Lvovsky (World Bank),Anna Malinovskaya(RFF),Klas Sanders(World Bank),and Elena Strukova(World Bank) The authors would also like to thank Flore Martinant de Preneuf(World Bank),Adam Broadfoot (World Bank),and Diana Manevskaya(World Bank)for production management.The manu- script was edited by Sabra Ledent.Any remaining errors or omissions are the authors'own. Last but not least,the team gratefully acknowledges the support of the University of British Colombia and the Health Effects institute,and the financial support provided for the report by the Pollution Management and Environmental Health Program of the World Bank. viⅷi The Cost of Air Pollution:Strengthening the Economic Case for Actionviii The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the Economic Case for Action Acknowledgments This is a joint report of the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, Seattle. The core team, led by Urvashi Narain (World Bank), comprised Christopher Sall (World Bank), Michael Brauer (The University of British Columbia), Aaron Cohen (Health Effects Institute), Kara Estep (IHME), Mohammad Forou￾zanfar (IHME), Zhiyun Jiang (World Bank), and Kevin O’Rourke (IHME). Contributions were also received from Lelia Croitoru (World Bank), Andreas Kopp (World Bank), and Maria Sarraf (World Bank). The team thanks Paula Caballero (World Bank), Valerie Hickey (World Bank) and Carter Brandon (World Bank) for their overall support and guidance. The report benefited greatly from discussions with Maureen Cropper (University of Maryland), Alan Krupnick (Resources for the Future (RFF) and peer reviewer), Jostein Nygard (World Bank) and Yewande Awe (World Bank). Constructive comments were received from the following peer reviewers for the study: Anjali Acharya (World Bank), Alan Krupnick, Montserrat Meiro-Lorenzo (World Bank), and Michael Toman (World Bank). The team would also like to acknowledge numer￾ous other colleagues for their suggestions, including Sameer Akbar (World Bank), Michael Brody (World Bank), Gary Kleiman (World Bank), Kseniya Lvovsky (World Bank), Anna Malinovskaya (RFF), Klas Sanders (World Bank), and Elena Strukova (World Bank). The authors would also like to thank Flore Martinant de Preneuf (World Bank), Adam Broadfoot (World Bank), and Diana Manevskaya (World Bank) for production management. The manu￾script was edited by Sabra Ledent. Any remaining errors or omissions are the authors’ own. Last but not least, the team gratefully acknowledges the support of the University of British Colombia and the Health Effects institute, and the financial support provided for the report by the Pollution Management and Environmental Health Program of the World Bank. 1700234_Cost of Pollution.indd 8 9/7/16 9:20 AM