Rukuba-Ngaiza, NightingaleLubis, RusdianCullen, MichelleZongmin LiMausolff, Christopher2014-05-142014-05-142002-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18309According to internal and external reviews of the public consultation process, public consultations have increasingly become a standard part of the environmental assessment process in Bank operations. However, the current challenge for Bank operations focuses on the quality of public consultations and the extent to which they influence project design and effect project impact. In an attempt to evaluate how projects were meeting this challenge, the Third Review assessed whether qualitative and quantitative improvements in EA public consultations had taken place for Category A and B Bank-financed projects (A project is classified as Category A if it is "likely to have significant adverse environmental impacts that are sensitive, diverse or unprecedented." On the other hand, a project is classified as Category B if it will not have significantly adverse impacts on human populations or environmentally important areas including wetlands, forests, grasslands, and other natural habitats.) In order to provide guidance for improving public consultation in future EA processes, the review also identified challenges and best practices, and briefly examined whether these improvements were similarly reflected in the work of financial intermediaries and regional and sectoral environmental assessments (SEAs).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYAGEDALSBEST PRACTICESBUDGET PROCESSCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL CITIESCIVIL SOCIETYCOLLABORATIONCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCONSENSUSCONSENSUS BUILDINGCONSULTATIONCONSULTATIONSDECISIONMAKINGENABLING ENVIRONMENTENGINEERSENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEFIELDWORKFOCUS GROUPSHOUSINGINFORMATION DISSEMINATIONINSTITUTION STRENGTHENINGINSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENINGINTERMEDIARIESINTERVIEWSLAWSLEVELS OF PARTICIPATIONLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GROUPSLOCAL KNOWLEDGEMANAGERSMIGRATIONPARTICIPATION CONTINUUMPARTICIPATORY APPROACHPARTICIPATORY APPROACHESPARTICIPATORY PLANNINGPARTICIPATORY PROCESSPARTICIPATORY PROCESSESPOLLUTIONPREPARATIONPROJECT DESIGNPROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONPUBLIC INVOLVEMENTPUBLIC MEETINGSQUALITATIVE DATASCREENINGSTAKEHOLDERSTAKEHOLDER ANALYSISSTAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATIONSTAKEHOLDERSTARGET GROUPTRANSPARENCYWASTE PUBLIC CONSULTATIONENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTPORTFOLIO EVALUATIONENABLING ENVIRONMENTSTRATEGIC PLANNINGPROJECT DESIGNMONITORING & EVALUATIONCAPACITY BUILDINGINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYCAPACITY BUILDINGLOCAL GOVERNMENTCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCATEGORY BSECTORAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTFINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIESSAFEGUARDSTRAINING PROGRAMSREFORM POLICYLEGAL FRAMEWORKSTAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATIONSOCIAL ASSESSMENTSBORROWER'S PARTICIPATIONCIVIL SOCIETY10.1596/18309