Documents & Reports
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A selective review of SEA legislation - results from a nine-country review (English)
This report on a selective review of SEA legislation is intended as a small step forward in providing information about how current Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) legislation and legal instruments...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 38180 Document Date: November 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ahmed,Kulsum,Fiadjoe,Yvonne
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Environmental health issues in poverty reduction strategies : a review (English)
The current review on environmental health issues in poverty reduction strategies is an in-depth examination of the extent to which environmental health issues are incorporated in poverty reduction strategy...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 38261 Document Date: September 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kishore,Sunanda
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CEA and institutional assessment - a review of international and World Bank tools (English)
Institutional Analysis is a key building block of Country Environmental Analysis (CEA), an upstream analytic tool that aims to integrate environmental considerations into Country Assistance Strategies...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 35791 Document Date: February 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pillai,Poonam,Lunde,Leiv
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Analytical and advisory activities in environmental and natural resource management - a review of fiscal 2002-04 activities (English)
Analytical and advisory activities (AAA) provide a foundation for defining strategic priorities, and for informing policy dialogue and decisions on projects and programs in Bank client countries. Since...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 35776 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Acharya,Anjali,Dyoulgerov Vollen,Milen F.,Tsutsui,Eri
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Does the treatment of environmental liability during privatization really matter? an empirical evaluation in Central Europe (English)
This report examines whether Central European countries have applied the generally accepted best practices for handling potential environmental liabilities in the course of privatization, and if so, whether...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 35775 Document Date: December 1, 2003 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bluffstone, Randall,Panayotou,Theodore
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Country-level environmental analysis - a review of international experience (English)
The Environment Strategy emphasizes the need to strengthen the analytical foundation of environmental work at the country level. Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) has been identified as one of the key...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 26339 Document Date: July 30, 2003 Author: Segnestam,Lisa M., Persson, Asa, Nilsson, Mans, Arvidsson, Andres,Ijjasz-Vasquez,Ede Jorge
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Public environmental expenditure reviews (PEERS) : experience and emerging practice (English)
The existence of externalities, market failures, and complex transboundary and transgenerational issues linked with environmental challenges means that public sector institutions have an important role...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 26338 Document Date: May 1, 2003 Author: Swanson, AuPhil,Lundethors, Leiv
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Private sector development and the environment - an analysis of World Bank privatization portfolio (English)
The Environment Strategy Paper series includes revised versions of Environment Strategy background papers, as well as new reports prepared to facilitate implementation of the Strategy. The series aims...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 26340 Document Date: October 30, 2002 Author: Abuyuan, Alethea Mariel T.
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Strategic environmental assessment in World Bank operations - experience to date - future potential (English)
The paper reviews the international state-of-the-art in using strategic environmental assessment (SEA) as a tool for development planning, policymaking, and decision-making. The Bank's experience to date...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 24759 Document Date: May 31, 2002 Author: Kjorven, Olav,Lindhjem, Henrik
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Environmental indicators relevant to poverty reduction (English)
This background paper focuses on natural resource indicators and a spatial analysis, that can be used to target, and monitor poverty reduction outcomes. The work draws largely on the Geographic Information...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 24098 Document Date: January 31, 2002 Author: Henninger, Norbert,Hammond,Allen
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Environmental and water resources management (English)
The paper is based on a review of regional environment strategies (prepared for the Environment Strategy), on a review of the water sector portfolio, and country focus studies (done for the Water Resources...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 24095 Document Date: October 31, 2001 Author: Hirji, Rafik,Ibrekk, Hans Olav
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Health and environment (English)
This paper highlights links between environment, health, and poverty, and discusses implications for the Bank strategy to address environmental health concerns. It shows that environmental risks have a...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 24096 Document Date: October 31, 2001 Author: Lvovsky,Kseniya