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Strategic Environmental Assessment in the World Bank: Learning from Recent Experience and Challenges

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dc.contributor.authorLoayza, Fernando
dc.contributor.editorLoayza, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-13T20:52:44Z
dc.date.available2017-06-13T20:52:44Z
dc.date.issued2012-09
dc.description.abstractThis report presents the results of a review of the World Bank's Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) experience undertaken by the World Bank learning community-the SEA Community of Practice (CoP). This report is no more than a first step. Its findings and results cannot be treated as conclusive. The World Bank follows the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in describing SEA as 'analytical and participatory approaches to strategic decision-making that aim to integrate environmental considerations into policies, plans and programs, and evaluate the inter linkages with economic and social considerations'. Over time SEA has become more strategic by bringing different groups of stakeholders into an environmental and social dialogue in an iterative and adaptive way. Impact-centered approaches to SEA best fit to integrate environmental considerations in plans and programs where environmental impacts and risks can be identified and predicted. Country environmental analysis is a type of policy SEA developed to inform the dialogue between the Bank and client countries on national environmental priorities. The main objective is to strengthen Bank staff's capacity on SEA by fostering learning in applying SEA in World Bank-supported projects and thus contribute to sustainable development outcomes in programs, plans, and policies of client countries. To achieve this objective, among other activities of the SEA CoP, there is a component to take stock of the Bank's recent regional experience with the following scope of work. The structure of this report organized as: chapter two presents the synthesis and conclusions from the cross-analysis of the regional reviews. Chapters three through eight present the findings and conclusions of the regional reviews. Chapter three on the SEA experience in East Asia and the Pacific focuses on the use of SEA mainly as a tool for environmental safeguarding. Chapter four analyzes the use of SEA as a planning and policy tool drawing on the Middle East and North Africa experience. A mixed experience with impact-centered and policy SEA approaches is described by chapter five on South Asia. Chapter six on Sub-Saharan Africa shows a trend of using SEA initially for environmental safeguarding but later for informing policy making. Chapter seven shows that sector reforms and infrastructure developments have influenced the use of SEA in Latin America. And the mixed results of promoting SEA practice by making it regionally mandatory through the European Union's SEA directive are described in chapter eight on Europe and Central Asia.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/798361468332063446/Strategic-environmental-assessment-in-the-World-Bank-learning-from-recent-experience-and-challenges
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/27119
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27119
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subjectASSET VALUATION
dc.subjectBENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOASTAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOASTAL ZONE
dc.subjectCOMMON GOOD
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDELTA
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE MONITORING
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectGULF
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL WATERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL WATERWAYS
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATION
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectNATURAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES DEGRADATION
dc.subjectPARTNER COUNTRY
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPEST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPORTFOLIO
dc.subjectPOWER GENERATION
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUBLIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectRECLAMATION
dc.subjectREDUCING EMISSIONS
dc.subjectREGIONAL SEA
dc.subjectRIPARIAN
dc.subjectRISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectRIVER
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSCIENCES
dc.subjectSEA
dc.subjectSEAS
dc.subjectSEWAGE
dc.subjectSPRING
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectWASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATERS
dc.subjectWATERWAYS
dc.titleStrategic Environmental Assessment in the World Banken
dc.title.subtitleLearning from Recent Experience and Challengesen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
dc.typeInformees
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okr.crossref.titleStrategic Environmental Assessment in the World Bank
okr.date.disclosure2013-08-19
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T10:57:30.258949Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Strategic Environmental Assessment/Analysis
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/798361468332063446/Strategic-environmental-assessment-in-the-World-Bank-learning-from-recent-experience-and-challenges
okr.guid798361468332063446
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okr.identifier.report80491
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okr.topicEnvironment::Coastal and Marine Environment
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicRural Development::Common Property Resource Development
okr.topicWater Resources::Coastal and Marine Resources
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Conservation
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Resources Assessment
okr.unitAgriculture & Environmental Serv (AES)
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