ESSD Page 1 of 13 IFC I MIGA I IDA I ICSID I WB External Site 231 30 BA @ wz! F. ?. L :11r-. r ~Regions ISec ESSD Networki The quarterly newsletter of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network ESSD Did you know that the ESSD Advisory Service handles an average of 300 queries a mont Of these, 60 percent come from external clients such as NGOs, private sector, acaderr government agencies, and other international organizations. The remaining 40 perceni are internal. Recently, external clients have been increasingly interested in ESSD's cro sectoral issues such as Linkages between environment and poverty, environment and health, community driven development issues, and water resources management. 0th_ frequently asked questions include queries on environment guidelines, agricultural project information, environmental indicators, how the Bank works with NGOs and pri, businesses, and specific emission standards for Bank projects. You can contact the ESS Advisory Service-to locate project documents, reports, publications, data, and other resources, and to connect you with the right specialists-at: eadvisor®worldbank.org, Contact: Katja Erickson (x87487) Safeguard Policies Help Desk and CDD Help Desk launched in the ESSD Advisory Service The ESSD Advisory Service has expanded its services with two new help desks. The Safeguard Policies Help Desk provides assistance to Bank staff who want advice on addressing safeguard issues in particular situations. Send your requests to: safeguards®worldbank.org. The Community Driven Development (CDD) Help Desk connects you with the right information on CDD issues and guides you to appropriate C experts: cdd helpdesk®worldbank.org. Contacts: Safeguard Policies Help Desk-Leili Makki (x35689) , CDD Help Desk-Nanako Tsukahara (x3641 5) ENVIRONMENT Upcoming World Bank Environment Week (events spread throughout June) June is Environment Month in the World Bank... .so please mark your calendars. This ye htp://essd.wor1dbank.org/essd ... /628DE929A3962DB85256A6200653AD5 ?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 2 of 13 environment week will be spread throughout the month of June, rather than concentrated in a compact time-to offer people more flexibility to choose events tha their catendars: Monday, June 4, 2001 . Joint OED/ENV Global Workshop . Launch Environment Activities-Preston Auditorium-Keynote address: Dr. David Suzuki Tuesday, June 5, 2001 . Day 2 of the Joint OED/ENV Global Workshop * A Call to Action Day-Public Service for the Environment Wednesday, June 6, 2001 * Quality of Life and Why Environment Matters (with our Health Sector colleagues) . Keynote address: Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Dir.Gen., WHO (to be confirmed) . Biodiversity and Livelihoods-Enhancing the Quality of Peoples Lives (with our RL colleagues). Speakers include: Prof. Dan Janzen; Prof. Jeff Waage and Dr. Guy Preston . Investment Climate and the Environment-Keynote address: Vinod Thomas Wednesday, June 13, 2001 . Climate Change-Examining the Market Approach Thursday, June 14, 2001 . Climate Change and Vulnerability (with our Energy colleagues and Disaster Management Facility) . Perspectives for Biodiversity Conservation in the 21st Century-Speakers and panelists inctude Jim Wolfensohn; Tom Lovejoy; Peter Seligmann, Chairman, CI; Ford, Chairman, Ford Motor Co.; Gordon Moore, Chairman, Intel; Michael Eisner, Chairman, Disney; and actor Harrison Ford Wednesday, June 20, 2001 . Corporate Sustainability Workshop-Perspectives from the Financial Sector (by invitation onty). Keynote address: Ray Anderson, Chairman and CEO Interface Monday, June 25, 2001 . Building on Partnerships for Environmental Sustainability (showcasing World BanI, partnerships and partners) All activities are open to Bank staff except the Corporate Sustainability workshc which will be invitation only. Contact: Anita Gordon (x31799) Update on the World Bank's follow-up of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) Since the WCD final report launch in London, November 2000, where World Bank President Jim WoLfensohn warmly welcomed the report, there has been considerable follow-up, both internally and externally by the Bank. The report has been reviewed a discussed with senior management and in three meetings at Board-level. A Bank GrouF wide Task Force has been formed to prepare an action plan. In-country consultations http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 3 of 13 were conducted with seven client country governments for soliciting responses to the report; inputs have been received from NGOs, professional organizations, and governments; and the IFC met with financiers about WCD's recommendations. At the V Stakeholders' Forum in Cape Town in February, World Bank representatives expressed the World Commission on Dams Report has made a great contribution in framing many the major issues in the contentious and broad-ranging dams debate. The Bank will use Report as a valuable reference and benchmark to inform its decision-making process vfi considering projects that involve dams. The Bank will continue to support dams that a economically well justified and environmentally and socially sound, and will work with borrowers who want to learn and improve their technical, economic, environmental, z social practice. The Bank will continue to disseminate and discuss the World Commissi on Dams Report with its borrowers and other stakeholders, and intends to continue playing a leadership role in promoting social and environmental safeguard policies in i activities. The Action Plan activities planned are: . working with borrowers for moving 'upstream'-with emphasis on both strategic- project-level options assessment with regard to dams; . effectively implementing the World Bank's existing safeguard policies; * continued support to borrowers in improving the performance of existing dams; . continue to stress institutional reform for more efficient use of water and energ) . develop a more proactive and development-oriented approach to international waters; and . continue to support innovative approaches for dealing with complex dam-relatec issues. 'Spearhead-funds' in support of such operations have generously been provided through the Bank/Netherlands Water Partnership Program (BNWPP). Attached, please find the ninth and final issue of the WCD newsletter, DAMS. D - Newsletter no. 9 Finale.doc Contact: Tor Ziegler (x33637) What's new with the Prototype Carbon Fund A year after its launch on April 10th, 2000, the Prototype Carbon Fund's (PCF) deal flo double its capacity to purchase emissions reductions, and it has revised its portfolio development strategy to accommodate larger numbers of operations. In the last two months, the PCF has issued letters of intent to purchase greenhouse gas emissions reductions to the value of about $33 million. Operations include displacing coal, oil or from a Municipal Waste Gasification-Power project in India, a sustainable fuelwood an charcoal project in Brazil, a small run-of-river hydropower project in Chile, a windpov project in Patagonia, a distillery waste biomethanation project in Nicaragua, a sugar c bagasse co-generation project in El Salvador, a geothermal power project in Guatemal and a series of small and micro hydropower and windpower projects in Cost Rica. The! will be among as many as 12 projects presented to PCF Participants Committee for clearance in June. This next round of projects will also expand the PCF's Eastern Eurol http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page4ofl3 Joint Implementation project beyond Latvia-its tirst emissions reductions purchase de New Eastern European projects will include deals to improve energy efficiency in hospitals, schools, and orphanages in Belarus; and to substitute coal and oil with wooc waste to generate electricity and heat in the timber industry in Bulgaria. For more information, please see the website: www.prototypecarbonfund.org. Contacts: Odil Tunali-Payton (x36774) and Christina Reinhard (x36780) Clean Air Initiative launched in Asia and ECA The Clean Air Initiative expanded to the Asia and ECA regions in early 2001. Since its initial launch in December 1998 in the LAC and Africa regions, the Clean Air Initiative improving the air quality of cities in developing countries and transition economies through technical assistance, capacity building, and raising awareness. The program is managed as a partnership between WBIEN and relevant sector units-urban, environme transport, and energy-in the participating Bank regions. The four existing regional networks of the Clean Air Initiative are managed by steering committees and work through partnerships with cities, private sector companies and development agencies. The Clean Air Initiative aims to become the global public window for many of the BanI, activities in urban air quality management, including lending operations in urban development and transport, energy reform and environmental management, research health and environment, sector work, and knowledge management. For more informal visit the website: www.worldbank.org/cleanair or e-mail: clean_air@worldbank.org Contact: Anthony Bigio (x36304) RURAL DEVELOPMENT Rural Week 2001 a success! _\, -Deve}opmcn, D o . . . a In¢etfo Fair 2Q0t1 With seventy percent of the world's poor living in rural areas, Rural Week 2001 (April 26) showed how rural programs can be a major factor in addressing the needs of the rt poor by improving food security, facilitating agricultural growth, ensuring sustainable of natural resources, and creating a positive environment for non-farm economic actis Mr. Wolfensohn opened the two-day program, and Robert Thompson, Director of Rural Development, presented the draft rural strategy along with Olivier Lafourcade, Mexict Country Director, and Gerard Doornbos, President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers. The Regional Rural Action plans and short synopsis of regional consultations were also presented on the first day. The second day included an addres ESSD Vice President Ian Johnson and by Lowell Catlett-a futurist in food and economi issues. Rural Week 2001 Parallel Sessions-16 sessions-covered a cross section of tol on how agriculture and rural development interventions can reach the rural poor, including: climate change and natural resource management; food chain management market orientation, and the poor; what it takes for a flourishing private sector in rural areas; WDR, PRSPs, PRSCs-Bank acronyms or unrealized potential for poverty reductic and evolving roles of research and extension performers. http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 5 of 13 Contact: Paul F. O'Connell (x87238) CGIAR/FUTURE HARVEST Future Harvest launches 'Women Feed the World" web page Women produce 60- to 80-percent of the food in most developing countries, and their in farming continues to grow. As the ancient African proverb wisely states, "Without women we all go hungry." On International Women's Day, Future Harvest launched a w page dedicated to women farmers, foresters, fishers, and herders, highlighting how women overcome long odds to feed their families, promote peace, and gain livelihood developing countries. To read more about the women who feed the world, visit: http: / /www.futureharvest.org/ people/women. shtml. Contact: Jason Wettstein (X33553) Wastewater irrigation-economic necessity or threat to health and environment Using wastewater to irrigate crops, a common practice in developing countries, may b perfectly safe in one location and have disastrous consequences in another. The issue, researchers say, is whether to treat wastewater as a manageable resource or simply ignore it and hope for the best. Future Harvest reports on this growing trend. For the 1 story, visit http: / /www.futureharvest.org/earth/wastewater.shtml. Contact: Jason Wettstein (X33553) SOCIAL Milestones of SDV's Small Grants Program In fiscal 2000, the Small Grants Program, which is administered by the NGO and Civil Society Unit, has provided $2.3 million in funding to NGOs through 57 Country Offices promote policy dialogue and enhance partnerships with key development players. The Program is partnering with the Development Marketplace to organize forums on civic engagement in Thailand, Ukraine, and Peru in June. In addition, it is supporting the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, Related Intolerance. Contact: Jeff Thindwa (x81112) Strengthening Civic engagement in Public Expenditure Management in PRSP countries The NGO and Civil Society Unit has embarked on a 6-month design of a project aimed. improving government-civil society engagement in public expenditure management in countries developing poverty reduction strategies. The project is exploring the creatic a multi-stakeholder partnership of donors (DFID, DANIDA), the Bank, and NGOs, and is being developed by a design team led by the Unit. The goal is to set up institutional arrangements for civic engagement in public expenditure management, create countn level core groups of trainers and practitioners, and enhance participatory budgeting si among civil society institutions. Contact: Jeff Thindwa (x81112) SAFEGUARD NEWS http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 6 of 13 The Safeguards conversion process Centrat to its support of sustainable poverty reduction are the Bank's environmental at social safeguard policies. Designed to prevent and mitigate undue harm to people and their environment, the policies are a cornerstone of good business. One of the elemen of the Bank's efforts to further strengthen safeguard policy implementation in fiscal 2( is the conversion of the operational policies from the operational directives (OD) form to an Operational Policy/Bank Procedures (OP/BP) format-clearly distinguishing betw, mandatory 'poticies' and 'procedures' and non-mandatory 'good practice'. The policy conversions help remove ambiguities in the current policy statements, and reflect important lessons from past implementation. To further ensure compliance in its operational work this past year, the Bank appointed regional safeguard coordinators; established a safeguards help desk (safeguards@worldbank.org); and revamped and upgraded the safeguards training and dissemination program. Contacts: Stephen Lintner (x32508) or Maninder Gill (x81296) REGIONAL NEWS Africa Fertilizer micro-dosing boosts crop production in the Sahel In the 1982 film classic 'The Gods Must Be Crazy", a Coca-Cola bottle was used to symbolize the impact of technology on life in an African village. Research shows, however, that it's not the bottle that is important, it's the cap. In Niger, farmers are u Coca-Cola bottle caps to apply tiny doses of fertilizer to their crops, thereby doubling production of millet, and, experts hope, reversing a 50-year trend of declining crop yi and growing soil degradation. For the full story, visit http://www.futureharvest.org/growth/coke.bkgnd.shtml. Contact: Jason Wettstein (X33553) East Asia & Pacific East Asia forest law enforcement and governance meeting A planning meeting held in Jakarta, April 2-3, was the first of a series of initiatives leading up to the East Asia and Pacific Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Regioi Ministerial Conference in September 2001. Senior government officiats from countries East Asia, sponsoring partner organizations, private sector representatives, and region and international NGOs participated in this technical meeting to prepare for the Ministeriat Conference. The meeting discussed issues of forest law enforcement at the national and regional levels and identified issues to be included in the agenda of the Ministeriat Conference. Contact: Nalin Kishor (x38672) and Adriana Bianchi (x36371) Participatory approaches in development projects Applying participatory methods is improving project performance in China, and will lik increase in the future, according to participants at the 'Workshop on Application of Participatory Approaches in Development Projects" in Beijing, March 29-30. At the workshop, members of the PRA Network from Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces presented case studies to representatives from central government ministries and http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 7 of 13 institutes showing that participatory methods have enhanced decision-making and development outcomes in projects from many different sectors, and can be useful throughout the project cycle-from planning to performance monitoring. The workshol occurred at a time of growing interest in participatory methods and social assessment China. A workshop summary paper is to be published by July 2001. Contact: Wang Chaogang (Beijing office) Researches boost Chinese Sweet Potato Production Where in today's market can you double your return on an environmentally sound investment? Try China's sweet potato fields. Last year, tens of thousands of Chinese sv potato farmers cashed in on a high-tech method that not only increased production by third or more, but required no additional pesticides or fertilizer. For the full story, visit http://www.futureharvest.org/growth/china sweet.bkgnd.shtr Contact: Jason Wettstein (X33553) South Asia Conflict Resolution for Natural Resource Management Workshop - Bhopal, India WBIEN and the Indian Institute of Forest Management jointly organized a course on conflict resolution for natural resources management, held April 2-6 in Bhopal, India. course provided participants with tools to help them address conflict situations relatel natural resource use, identify existing capacity, and build networks for more effective resolution of conflict situations. Participants included forest officers, academics, and representatives from nongovernmental and voluntary organizations involved in commu based natural resource management or forest management. This is one in a series of planned events being held in close collaboration with regional partners on "Consensus Building and Conflict Resolution for Natural Resources Management." A similar worksh( was held in Indonesia from March 27-31, 2001 and WBIEN is planning a similar learning event for Sub-Saharan Africa later in the year. Contact: Gayatri Acharya (x89545) Dhaka office celebrates international Women's Day The Dhaka office celebrated International Women's Day on March 13, 2001 with a pane discussion. The meeting was chaired by Fred Temple, Country Director, who said that World Bank celebrates Women's Day, both in Washington and other country offices, to support the advancement of women. He pointed out the Bank's efforts to reduce gend, gaps in human development, especially in education and health; create economic opportunities for women through credit and savings programs; and promote good governance in public institutions by establishing equal voice and rights for women and men. Two leaders of Bangladesh women's movement also spoke at the occasion-Ms. Khushi Kabir, chairperson of Association of Development Agencies of Bangladesh, and X Rokia Rahman, President of Women Entrepreneurs Association. Contact: Nilufar Ahmad (Dhaka office) Structural Adjustement in Bangladesh http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 8 of 13 I IIt! -3UIU 1'4dLIUIIctt rUlUIII UI aLIULLUIdL AUJUbLIlILIIL rCdl LILI PLUI y rVVItYw II1LId LIV (SAPRI)-Bangladesh was held in Dhaka, March 13-15, 2001. SAPRI was launched in Washington in mid-July 1997 by bringing together civil society, governments, and the I in a joint review of structural adjustment policies. The countries participating in SAPR are Bangladesh, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Hungary, Mali, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. SAPRI-Bangladesh was initiated in 1997, in partnership with the government and NGOs review the impact of structural policies in Bangladesh. The SAPRI committee organize( nation-wide meetings with stakeholders and disseminated the findings in First Forum il 1998. SAPRI undertook research in different sectors and disseminated the findings in tl Second Forum. A large number of policy makers, including the Ministers of Finance, Planning, Commerce; parliamentarians; government officials; civil society representatives; and Bank staff participated in the forum. Contact: Nilufar Ahmad (Dhaka office) Improving Urban Air Quality in South Asia Air pollution is common to growing metropolitan areas in South Asia. Two-stroke engin vehicles are ubiquitous in South Asian cities, where they constitute approximately hall the total vehicte population-60 percent in India-and contribute significantly to urban pollution. Until recently new two-stroke engines emitted as much particulate matter i four-stroke engines of similar size. When considering vehicle age, maintenance, lubric and fuel quality, two-stroke engines in South Asia probably emit particulate matter at even higher factor. The serious health effects of this polluted air, breathed by 350 mil people, make urban air quality management an important policy concern. A new repoi published by the South Asia Environment Unit in December 2000, addresses the techni' economic, and policy issues related to controlling air pollution from two-stroke engine vehicles and pulls together some of the lessons learned to date across South Asia. Two immediate simple solutions-using the correct type and concentration of lubricant and carrying out regular maintenance-would significantly reduce emissions from two-strol, engines while saving drivers money and ultimately improving air quality. Contact: Carter Brandon (x82752) Bangladesh tackles air pollution through awareness raising campaigns A large fraction of air pollution in Dhaka arises from transport related emissions, particularly from two stroke engine 3-wheeler vehicles-popularly known as baby taxis With funding from ESMAP, a two pronged program was undertaken to promote proper maintenance and use of 2T lubricant in these vehicles to reduce air pollution. The firs part of the program consisted of training 400 auto-mechanics and holding an auto-clin offering free vehicle inspection, minor servicing, emissions measurements, and medic. examination to one thousand baby-taxi drivers. The second part of the program was a seminar on lubricant and gasoline quality, attended by over 100 participants from the energy, environment, and transport sectors, including government representatives, oil marketing companies, vehicle marketers, vehicle drivers, vehicle owners, and the traf police. Responding to the growing recognition of the importance of using 2T oil and th consensus that the use of straight mineral oil in vehicles should not be allowed, the R;naIArlP-,h Pptrnliim rnrnnr;%tinn ikviprl ; nntifir;;tinn in lniinrv 2nn1 nrnhihitino th, http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 9 of 13 ~~~ a- - - @ e *"*. - %- S r-**- ----- .. . " 7 * -- **"- sale of straight mineral oil for use in two-stroke engine vehicles and setting API TC or JASO FB as minimally acceptable standards for 2T oil by March 2001. Contact: Carter Brandon (x82752) Unleaded gasoline introduction goes smoothly in Bangladesh On July 1, 1999, the Government of Bangladesh executed the landmark decision of providing only unleaded gasoline in the country. Recent measurements by different agencies have confirmed that gasoline dispensed at pumps in Bangladesh is now free o lead. Ambient lead levels in air has also decLined considerably according to a report sc to be published. The problem of airborne lead pollution in the capital city Dhaka was identified as early as 1980. In 1995, the need to address lead pollution was highlightec different government agencies, environmental and health advocates, and internationa organizations-such as the World Bank. Growing public pressure led the government to take steps to lower lead levels in 1998, and then to eliminate lead in gasoline altogetY By going lead-free virtually overnight, Bangladesh has become a model for other couni in the developing world that are working to eliminate the harmful pollutant from gasoline. Contact: Carter Brandon (x82752) Environmental Management framework for Uttar Pradesh, India The state Uttar Pradesh and the World Bank are undertaking an 'Environmental Management Framework (EMF) in its multi-sectoral program for poverty reduction effc to help the government monitor the environmental impact of the State's economic ref and growth path over coming years. The EMF will help identify the highest priority environmental issues in the state, promote appropriate policies and management strategies for consideration by the state government, and support capacity-building efforts to help it achieve its priority environmental goals. Contact: Carter Brandon (x82752) PEOPLE IN THE NEWS A New Unit in RDV . Funke Oyewole is now on board in RDV as the Senior Program Officer of the Commodities Risk Management (CRM) Group-a unit new to RDV. . Also joining the CRM Group is Angie Wahi, Program Assistant. . June Remy has moved from CRM to ESDVP to work with Odin Knudsen. . Maggie Wu is now working full time with the CRM group. . The Policy/Strategy Cluster and others will now be supported by Joyce Sabaya (5 of her time). PUBLICATIONS http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 10 of 13 Maurice Strong asks 'Where on Earth Are We Going?" The World Bank InfoShop hosted Maurice Strong, a senior advisor to the Secretary-Gen of the United Nations and former senior advisor to the President of the World Bank, fo his discussion on his new book; 'Where on Earth are We Going?", on April 26th. His boo reveals Strong's role in the political and environmental activist movements, and talks plainly about what remains to be done. Strong provides a historical context by which t judge our progress in the struggle to save the planet from environmental degradation, lends insight into where we are heading. Strong served on the board of directors for t1 United Nations Foundation-a UN-affiliated organization established by Ted Turner's historic $1 billion donation-and is also a director of the World Economic Forum Foundation, Chairman of the Earth Council, former Chairman of the Stockholm Environment Institute, and former Chairman of the World Resources Institute. He has several companies in the energy and resources sector, including the Power Corporatioi Canada, Ontario Hydro, and Petro-Canada (the national oil company). He is currently l chairman of Technology Development, Inc., which funds research in the groundbreakir field of applying nanotechnology towards creating energy sources that are both afford and eco-friendly. Autographed copies of 'Where on Earth are We Going?" are available the InfoShop. TRAINING World Bank institute core courses The website www.worldbank.org/wbi/corecourses describes the core courses of the W Bank Institute. The site has a general description of core courses and a page for each course with a description, the target audience, the next scheduled event, and the contact information. In the area of Environment and Natural Resources the core cours, include Water Policy, Policy and Institutional Reform for Sustainable Rural Developmei and Environmental Economics for Development Policy. Contact: Edit A. Pena (x36349) Executive Workshop on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement One-day executive workshops on the Principles of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement were offered on three occasions (January 25, February 8, and March 13) attended by a total of 62 Bank staff. The workshops were organized by WBIEN, in partnership with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Particip were introduced to definitions of compliance and enforcement, basic principles, and approaches found useful by various countries in developing their own enforcement programs. The course provided participants with the tools to design effective complial and enforcement programs, to empower Bank staff to assist client countries in this tas and to discuss strategies for designing effective programs with limited resources-a continuing challenge for all the Bank's clients. The course was taught by USEPA instructors, and participants included staff from the regions, DEC, and the legal department. Contact: Adriana Bianchi (x36371) and Alexandra Klopfer (x34645) httv://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 11 of 13 UPCOMING SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS Perspectives on Community Driven Development Time: May 2nd - 2:30-5:30 Venue: Room MC 7- W150 Chairperson: Steen Lau Jorgensen, Director, Social Development You are invited to attend the CDD session at the ABCDE on May 2nd . Topics discussed include: . Community Based Targeting Mechanisms for Social Safety Nets . Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous community Imperfecti . Can good projects succeed in bad communities? Collective Action in the Himalay, . Local Knowledge vs Local Accountability? Decentralized Targeting of an Anti-Pov Program Copies of these papers are available at: http://essd.worldbank.org/rdv/RDVWeb.nsf/CBRD/CDD ABCDE Contact: Vijayendra (Biju) Rao (x88034) Hunger, malnutrition and the PRSP Date; Wednesday, May 30, 2001 Time: 2-5 pm Location: 1-800 A joint seminar hosted by PREM, RDV, and HNP. Hunger and malnutrition are the daily reality of poor people worldwide. These are issi that are often raised in participatory and statistical poverty assessments yet they are difficult to incorporate in poverty reduction strategy processes. Come to this free sem to discuss ways to use this dimension of poverty as an entry into the design of pro-pool policies and programs. Simon Maxwell, Director of the Overseas Development Institute London, will set the scene, by exploring the role of food and nutrition policy in povert reduction strategies. This will be followed by a discussion on available tools and approaches to integrate food security into poverty analysis and by a discussion of nutrition considerations for the preparation of poverty reduction strategies. Contact: Harold Alderman (x30372) Environmental Economics for Development Policy A 2-week course at the World Bank from July 16 through 27th, 2001. As in the past, thi course presents a concise 2 week overview of major environmental economic and poli( issues (organized into some 40 modules), covering both micro and macro aspects. The course co-directors are Maureen Cropper and John Dixon, and the faculty draws on bol Bank staff and outside experts. There is a charge for the course (no scholarships are available from WBI). You can find detailed information on the course including the application form on the website: http://worldbank.org/wbi/eedp/ Contact: Maria Teresa Cruz (mcruz4@worldbank.org or x36846) http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 12 of 13 CALENDAR Ap ri l 29-30 World Bank Spring Meetings Sponsor: World Bank Venue: World Bank HQ May 1-3 International Task Force (ITF) on Commodity Risk Management Meeting Sponsor: World Bank, co-hosted by Common Fund for Commodities and the Economic 8 Social Institute of Vrije University Venue: Amsterdam 21-25 CGIAR Mid-Term Meetings Sponsor: CGIAR Venue: Durban, South Africa 29-30 ESSD European Forum Sponsor: World Bank Venue: Paris, France Norwegian Trust Fund for Sustainable Development 31-1 Sponsor: Norwegian Government Venue: Oslo, Norway J u n e 5 World Environment Day World Bank Environment Week (events spread throughout June) Sponsor: World Bank Venue: World Bank HQ *.. Contributors: Nilufar Ahmad, Sarian Akibo-Betts, Galina Arkusinksi, Ai Belle, Bonnie Bradford, Carter Brandon, Katja Erickson, Ken Newcomt Paul O'Connell, Jason Jacques Paiement, Edit Pena, Jeff Thindwa, Nani Tsukahara, Chaogang Wang, Jason Wettstein, Tor Ziegler "ESSentials" is the monthly internal newsletter of the Environmenta and Socially Sustainable Development Network of the World Bank Grc Its purpose is to unify the 800 network staff, including 100 in fielt offices, and to share important news on sustainable development w network staff and interested Bank colleagues. Please send ideas or articles to Kristyn Ebro, editor, kebro@worldbank.org, x82736. To obtain prior issues of "ESSentials" or more information on ESSD check our website: http://essd "ESSentials" is the quaterly internal newsletter of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Developi of the World Bank Group. Its purpose is to unify the 800 network staff, including 100 in field of and to share important news on sustainable development with network staff and interested Bank c http://essd.worldbank.org/essd .../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001 ESSD Page 13 of 13 Please send ideas or articLes to Kristyn Ebro, editor, MC4-119, x82736. To obtain prior issues of "ESSentials" or more information on ESSD, check our website: http: I / http://essd.worldbank.org/essd.../628DE929A13962DB85256A6200653AD5?OpenDocumen 11/2/2001