Kishore, Sunanda2014-05-222014-05-222006-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18387Country Assistance Strategies (CASs) have been periodically reviewed from a variety of different perspectives. This review assesses how environment is integrated in CASs for 2005 and also compares the progress made by 37 countries over the period of 1999-2005. Five themes are used to assess the 23 CASs across an established methodology also used in previous reviews. The five themes are: issues identification, treatment, mainstreaming, environmental policy and poverty- environment linkages. The review finds that the treatment of environment in CASs has only marginally improved. However, the positive aspect is the increase in the number of good practice cases as illustrated by high scores of individual countries under the five different themes. These good practice cases provide lessons and serve as tools for strengthening future CASs. Poverty environment linkages continue to remain the weakest aspect of CASs.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYAIR POLLUTIONASSISTANCE PROGRAMBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONCAPACITY BUILDINGCASCAS DOCUMENTSCASSCAUSES OF DEATHCLIMATE CHANGECOASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENTCOUNTRY ASSISTANCECOUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIESCOUNTRY PROGRAMSCURRENT POPULATIONDEFORESTATIONDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISEASESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECOSYSTEMEDUCATIONEMPLOYMENTENERGY EFFICIENCYENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITYENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGESENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONSENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYESWFISCAL POLICIESFISHERIESFOREST COVERFOREST MANAGEMENTFORESTRYFRAGILE ECOSYSTEMSFUELFUELSGOVERNMENT CAPACITYHEALTHILLNESSESINCOMEINDIGENOUS PEOPLEINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTLACK OF SANITATIONLAND USELEGISLATIONLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOGGINGMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMINESMORTALITYNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNONLENDING SERVICESPARTICULATE MATTERPESTICIDESPOLICY PROCESSPOLLUTERSPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCES MANAGEMENTRESPECTRURAL AREASSANITATIONSECTORAL POLICIESSMALLHOLDERSSMOKESOIL EROSIONSOLID WASTESOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTSPECIESSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE USEURBAN MIGRATIONVULNERABILITYWASTEWASTE MANAGEMENTWATER MANAGEMENTWATER POLLUTIONWATER RESOURCESWATER SUPPLYWATERSHED10.1596/18387