Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies
The overall goal of this report is to help water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries use strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to effectively implement the principles of integrated water resources managem...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10675832/strategic-environmental-assessment-improving-water-resources-governance-decision-making-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18406 |
| Summary: | The overall goal of this report is to
help water resources and environment professionals within
the Bank and client countries use strategic environmental
assessment (SEA) to effectively implement the principles of
integrated water resources management (IWRM). The report
contains four elements: (1) a review of SEA support for
IWRM; (2) an analysis of 10 case studies and four water
policies; (3) an in-depth pilot study of water sector reform
in a developing country; and (4) a framework for enhancing
the use of SEAs in integrated water resources management.
This SEA provides important lessons on the usage of SEA
rather than on the technical aspects of conducting them. It
illustrates how an environmental instrument can be used to
further development and poverty alleviation as well as
environmental protection by putting its findings and
recommendations in terms that are meaningful to politicians
and senior decision makers. This includes use of economic
and financial arguments and linkages to national goals such
as poverty reduction and millennium development goals
(MDGs). It also illustrates the importance of building
support among a wider constituency than just the lead agency
and working patiently over a number of years to implement
reforms. The influence of an SEA can be felt a number of
years as opportunities arise to implement components of a
reform program. Finally, it clearly illustrates that an SEA
need not be costly or time consuming to be influential if it
is focused on the core questions, builds a constituency, and
presents its findings in a way that is relevant to decision makers. |
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