The evolution of environmental assessment in the World Bank : from "approval" to results (English)

This paper suggests that the quality of environmental assessment (EA) of a project - the "EA Report" - is necessary, but insufficient for successful EA. There are three main constraints to successful EA in developing countries nowadays. First, is lack of political will to implement environmental safeguards. Second, the institutional capacity to implement environmental management is weak, or absent. Third, most environmental management priorities lack...
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Goodland, Robert; Mercier, Jean-Roger.

The evolution of environmental assessment in the World Bank : from "approval" to results (English). Environment Department papers ; no. 67. Environmental Management Series Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/602521468740973353

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