Strengthening Environmental Institutions and Governance : What Should be the Role of the World Bank Group?
In order to inform the 2010 Strategy, and suggest what role the World Bank Group (WBG) can realistically play in strengthening environmental institutions and governance, this paper takes stock of WBG operations in this area since the 2001 Strategy....
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS AID EFFECTIVENESS AIR QUALITY ASSETS AUDITING BANK OPERATIONS BANKS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BORROWER BUREAUCRACY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLIENT COUNTRIES CLIENT COUNTRY CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPLAINTS CONSOLIDATION COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EMISSION STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISHERIES FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME INCOME GROUP INCOME LEVEL INCREMENTAL COSTS INFORMATION SYSTEM INITIATIVE INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAND DEGRADATION LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGISLATION MANDATES MARKET FAILURES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OIL OUTPUTS OZONE LAYER OZONE LAYER DEPLETION PARTICULAR COUNTRY POLICE POLITICAL STABILITY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PORTFOLIO POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROCUREMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS PROSECUTORS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM PROGRAM REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RULE OF LAW SAFETY NET SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIMBER TRACK RECORD TRADABLE PERMITS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS AID EFFECTIVENESS AIR QUALITY ASSETS AUDITING BANK OPERATIONS BANKS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BORROWER BUREAUCRACY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLIENT COUNTRIES CLIENT COUNTRY CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPLAINTS CONSOLIDATION COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EMISSION STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISHERIES FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME INCOME GROUP INCOME LEVEL INCREMENTAL COSTS INFORMATION SYSTEM INITIATIVE INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAND DEGRADATION LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGISLATION MANDATES MARKET FAILURES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OIL OUTPUTS OZONE LAYER OZONE LAYER DEPLETION PARTICULAR COUNTRY POLICE POLITICAL STABILITY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PORTFOLIO POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROCUREMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS PROSECUTORS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM PROGRAM REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RULE OF LAW SAFETY NET SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIMBER TRACK RECORD TRADABLE PERMITS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Eltz, Melanie Narain, Urvashi Orfie, Alessandro Schneider, Robert Strengthening Environmental Institutions and Governance : What Should be the Role of the World Bank Group? |
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In order to inform the 2010 Strategy,
and suggest what role the World Bank Group (WBG) can
realistically play in strengthening environmental
institutions and governance, this paper takes stock of WBG
operations in this area since the 2001 Strategy. Looking
across the spectrum of lending and nonlending operations,
the first task is to identify the approaches which have been
used to engage with clients. The analysis then evaluates
whether these approaches have incorporated lessons from past
WBG experience, and reflect current understanding of how
best to enable environmental institutions and governance
reforms. The analysis indicates that the WBG has undertaken
two main types of activities in the area of environmental
institutions and governance: assessments (of environmental
conditions, and institutional and governance structures) and
lending operations geared towards technical capacity
development. The chief point of entry for these operations
has been government ministries, and secondarily civil
society organizations.The analysis also indicated that a new
approach would be needed to ensure a long-term commitment on
the part of the WBG, particularly when undertaking capacity
development operations. The average length of environmental
institutions and governance projects in the period under
study was five years. While such a length is appropriate for
reforms of formal rules, activities such as capacity
development have been argued to require longer-term
engagements. It is recommended that the WBG consider
utilizing instruments such as Adaptable Program Loans (APL)
and Additional Financing which allow for sustained
engagement. Forming strategic alliances with bilateral and
multilateral partners will also be critical in this area.
The results of the content analysis indicated that the
critical institutional ability of accountability requires
more attention in WBG. Development Policy Loans (DPLs) could
be applied more directly to strengthen institutional
accountability. These loans could also be made more
effective by fully incorporating recommendations from
Country Environmental Assessments (CEA) and Strategic
Environmental Assessments (SEA). |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study |
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Eltz, Melanie Narain, Urvashi Orfie, Alessandro Schneider, Robert |
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Eltz, Melanie Narain, Urvashi Orfie, Alessandro Schneider, Robert |
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Eltz, Melanie |
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Strengthening Environmental Institutions and Governance : What Should be the Role of the World Bank Group? |
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Strengthening Environmental Institutions and Governance : What Should be the Role of the World Bank Group? |
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Strengthening Environmental Institutions and Governance : What Should be the Role of the World Bank Group? |
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Strengthening Environmental Institutions and Governance : What Should be the Role of the World Bank Group? |
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Strengthening Environmental Institutions and Governance : What Should be the Role of the World Bank Group? |
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strengthening environmental institutions and governance : what should be the role of the world bank group? |
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2013 |
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okr-10986-127562021-04-23T14:03:04Z Strengthening Environmental Institutions and Governance : What Should be the Role of the World Bank Group? Eltz, Melanie Narain, Urvashi Orfie, Alessandro Schneider, Robert ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS AID EFFECTIVENESS AIR QUALITY ASSETS AUDITING BANK OPERATIONS BANKS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BORROWER BUREAUCRACY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLIENT COUNTRIES CLIENT COUNTRY CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPLAINTS CONSOLIDATION COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EMISSION STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISHERIES FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME INCOME GROUP INCOME LEVEL INCREMENTAL COSTS INFORMATION SYSTEM INITIATIVE INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAND DEGRADATION LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGISLATION MANDATES MARKET FAILURES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OIL OUTPUTS OZONE LAYER OZONE LAYER DEPLETION PARTICULAR COUNTRY POLICE POLITICAL STABILITY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PORTFOLIO POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROCUREMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS PROSECUTORS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM PROGRAM REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RULE OF LAW SAFETY NET SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIMBER TRACK RECORD TRADABLE PERMITS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT In order to inform the 2010 Strategy, and suggest what role the World Bank Group (WBG) can realistically play in strengthening environmental institutions and governance, this paper takes stock of WBG operations in this area since the 2001 Strategy. Looking across the spectrum of lending and nonlending operations, the first task is to identify the approaches which have been used to engage with clients. The analysis then evaluates whether these approaches have incorporated lessons from past WBG experience, and reflect current understanding of how best to enable environmental institutions and governance reforms. The analysis indicates that the WBG has undertaken two main types of activities in the area of environmental institutions and governance: assessments (of environmental conditions, and institutional and governance structures) and lending operations geared towards technical capacity development. The chief point of entry for these operations has been government ministries, and secondarily civil society organizations.The analysis also indicated that a new approach would be needed to ensure a long-term commitment on the part of the WBG, particularly when undertaking capacity development operations. The average length of environmental institutions and governance projects in the period under study was five years. While such a length is appropriate for reforms of formal rules, activities such as capacity development have been argued to require longer-term engagements. It is recommended that the WBG consider utilizing instruments such as Adaptable Program Loans (APL) and Additional Financing which allow for sustained engagement. Forming strategic alliances with bilateral and multilateral partners will also be critical in this area. The results of the content analysis indicated that the critical institutional ability of accountability requires more attention in WBG. Development Policy Loans (DPLs) could be applied more directly to strengthen institutional accountability. These loans could also be made more effective by fully incorporating recommendations from Country Environmental Assessments (CEA) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA). 2013-03-15T13:11:06Z 2013-03-15T13:11:06Z 2010-11-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/16436746/strengthening-environmental-institutions-governance-role-world-bank-group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12756 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work |