Implementation of Environmental Policies : 2010 Environment Strategy
The Bank's environmental agenda has evolved gradually since the 1970s. During the 1970s and 1980s, the main focus was on mitigating the potential environmental damage associated with investment projects using environmental impact assessments (...
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCREDITATION ADB ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ADVISORY SERVICES AIR POLLUTION AUDITING BANK LENDING BANK MANAGEMENT BANK SERVICES BEST PRACTICE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BORROWER BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS PLAN CAPACITY ASSESSMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CHILD MORTALITY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CLEARINGHOUSE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSOLIDATION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVERSIFICATION E-LEARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EMISSIONS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUILIBRIUM FEDERAL REGULATIONS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENDER GROUP OF BANK GUARANTEE AGENCY HUMAN RIGHTS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LAW INVESTIGATIONS INVESTMENT BANK IRRIGATION JUSTICE LAND USE LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LENDING PORTFOLIO LOAN MARKETABLE PERMITS MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY DESIGN POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CHARGES POVERTY REDUCTION PROCUREMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION QUALITATIVE DATA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL TRAINING REORGANIZATION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL ACCESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFEGUARD POLICIES SAFEGUARD POLICY SAFEGUARD STUDIES SAFEGUARDS SAFEGUARDS DATA SAFEGUARDS ISSUES SANITATION SEWAGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS WATER SUPPLY WORKING CONDITIONS |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCREDITATION ADB ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ADVISORY SERVICES AIR POLLUTION AUDITING BANK LENDING BANK MANAGEMENT BANK SERVICES BEST PRACTICE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BORROWER BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS PLAN CAPACITY ASSESSMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CHILD MORTALITY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CLEARINGHOUSE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSOLIDATION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVERSIFICATION E-LEARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EMISSIONS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUILIBRIUM FEDERAL REGULATIONS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENDER GROUP OF BANK GUARANTEE AGENCY HUMAN RIGHTS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LAW INVESTIGATIONS INVESTMENT BANK IRRIGATION JUSTICE LAND USE LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LENDING PORTFOLIO LOAN MARKETABLE PERMITS MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY DESIGN POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CHARGES POVERTY REDUCTION PROCUREMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION QUALITATIVE DATA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL TRAINING REORGANIZATION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL ACCESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFEGUARD POLICIES SAFEGUARD POLICY SAFEGUARD STUDIES SAFEGUARDS SAFEGUARDS DATA SAFEGUARDS ISSUES SANITATION SEWAGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS WATER SUPPLY WORKING CONDITIONS Triana, Ernesto Sanchez Ortolano, Leonard Ruta, Giovanni Dezfuli, Ghazal Kanakia, Rahul Implementation of Environmental Policies : 2010 Environment Strategy |
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The Bank's environmental agenda has
evolved gradually since the 1970s. During the 1970s and
1980s, the main focus was on mitigating the potential
environmental damage associated with investment projects
using environmental impact assessments (EIA). This approach
was formalized in the Bank's environmental assessment
(EA) requirements, which today consist of a set of
individual environmental policies and procedures. Recent
evaluations of the Bank's safeguards policy
implementation reveal that shortages in environmental
safeguards specialists and inadequate skills mix, among
other factors, are affecting the quality of safeguards
implementation. This report recommends strengthening the
environmental safeguards career track to help elevate the
profile of safeguards specialists and provide opportunities
for career advancement in the course of doing safeguards
work. The report also recommends that there be an
organizational restructuring to enhance the Bank's
capabilities for conducting effective safeguards work.
Furthermore, the report recommends developing a
comprehensive training program that will enhance the
safeguards skill mix and increase the effectiveness of
safeguards support at the Bank. This report also recommends
adopting a categorization methodology that reduces reliance
on procedures requiring subjective judgments. Next, the
report recommends the creation of a systematic program for
measuring, reporting, and evaluating the effects of
safeguards implementation. It also recommends a move towards
substantive compliance and environmental sustainability
principles for the safeguards framework. This report also
recommends disseminating knowledge of policy instruments,
besides environment impact assessments, that are able to
produce similar or better outcomes than the Bank's
safeguard policy requirements. The design and implementation
of instruments for environmental policy can be pursued with
a more risk-based and differentiated approach, based on
country or borrower capacity. In addition to the mitigation
of negative impacts, this report recommends
institutionalizing the enhancement of positive impacts and
client capacity building measures into the safeguards framework. |
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Working Paper |
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Triana, Ernesto Sanchez Ortolano, Leonard Ruta, Giovanni Dezfuli, Ghazal Kanakia, Rahul |
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Triana, Ernesto Sanchez Ortolano, Leonard Ruta, Giovanni Dezfuli, Ghazal Kanakia, Rahul |
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Triana, Ernesto Sanchez |
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Implementation of Environmental Policies : 2010 Environment Strategy |
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Implementation of Environmental Policies : 2010 Environment Strategy |
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Implementation of Environmental Policies : 2010 Environment Strategy |
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Implementation of Environmental Policies : 2010 Environment Strategy |
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Implementation of Environmental Policies : 2010 Environment Strategy |
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implementation of environmental policies : 2010 environment strategy |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355491468333022953/Environment-strategy-2010-analytical-background-papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27277 |
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okr-10986-272772021-04-23T14:04:41Z Implementation of Environmental Policies : 2010 Environment Strategy Triana, Ernesto Sanchez Ortolano, Leonard Ruta, Giovanni Dezfuli, Ghazal Kanakia, Rahul ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCREDITATION ADB ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ADVISORY SERVICES AIR POLLUTION AUDITING BANK LENDING BANK MANAGEMENT BANK SERVICES BEST PRACTICE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BORROWER BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS PLAN CAPACITY ASSESSMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CHILD MORTALITY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CLEARINGHOUSE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSOLIDATION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVERSIFICATION E-LEARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EMISSIONS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUILIBRIUM FEDERAL REGULATIONS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENDER GROUP OF BANK GUARANTEE AGENCY HUMAN RIGHTS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LAW INVESTIGATIONS INVESTMENT BANK IRRIGATION JUSTICE LAND USE LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LENDING PORTFOLIO LOAN MARKETABLE PERMITS MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY DESIGN POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CHARGES POVERTY REDUCTION PROCUREMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION QUALITATIVE DATA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL TRAINING REORGANIZATION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL ACCESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFEGUARD POLICIES SAFEGUARD POLICY SAFEGUARD STUDIES SAFEGUARDS SAFEGUARDS DATA SAFEGUARDS ISSUES SANITATION SEWAGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS WATER SUPPLY WORKING CONDITIONS The Bank's environmental agenda has evolved gradually since the 1970s. During the 1970s and 1980s, the main focus was on mitigating the potential environmental damage associated with investment projects using environmental impact assessments (EIA). This approach was formalized in the Bank's environmental assessment (EA) requirements, which today consist of a set of individual environmental policies and procedures. Recent evaluations of the Bank's safeguards policy implementation reveal that shortages in environmental safeguards specialists and inadequate skills mix, among other factors, are affecting the quality of safeguards implementation. This report recommends strengthening the environmental safeguards career track to help elevate the profile of safeguards specialists and provide opportunities for career advancement in the course of doing safeguards work. The report also recommends that there be an organizational restructuring to enhance the Bank's capabilities for conducting effective safeguards work. Furthermore, the report recommends developing a comprehensive training program that will enhance the safeguards skill mix and increase the effectiveness of safeguards support at the Bank. This report also recommends adopting a categorization methodology that reduces reliance on procedures requiring subjective judgments. Next, the report recommends the creation of a systematic program for measuring, reporting, and evaluating the effects of safeguards implementation. It also recommends a move towards substantive compliance and environmental sustainability principles for the safeguards framework. This report also recommends disseminating knowledge of policy instruments, besides environment impact assessments, that are able to produce similar or better outcomes than the Bank's safeguard policy requirements. The design and implementation of instruments for environmental policy can be pursued with a more risk-based and differentiated approach, based on country or borrower capacity. In addition to the mitigation of negative impacts, this report recommends institutionalizing the enhancement of positive impacts and client capacity building measures into the safeguards framework. 2017-06-20T21:46:35Z 2017-06-20T21:46:35Z 2011-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355491468333022953/Environment-strategy-2010-analytical-background-papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27277 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |