Poverty Reduction Strategies and Environment : A Review of 40 Interim and Full Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)

This review systematically assesses the focus of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on environment-related issues. A total of 40 Interim and full PRSPs from countries in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central and...

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Main Authors:	Bojo, Jan, Reddy, Rama Chandra
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT & PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TECHNIQUES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES NATURAL DISASTERS POVERTY PROFILE FOOD SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT INCENTIVES ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGED AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ARABLE LAND CAS CAUSAL LINKS CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CROWDING DEBT DEBT RELIEF DEFORESTATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DISASTERS DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EMISSION CHARGES ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXCHANGE RATE EXPLOITATION FARMS FISHERIES FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY FORMAL PUBLICATIONS FOSSIL FUELS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA HEALTH ISSUES HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES HIPC HOUSING INCOME INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS LAND DEGRADATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND USE LEGISLATION LIVELIHOOD LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOGGING LOW INCOME MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANAGEMENT CAPACITY MONITORING & EVALUATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN OXIDES NON-POOR CHILDREN OVERGRAZING PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATORY PROCESS POOR CHILDREN POOR COUNTRIES POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DETERMINANTS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION OBJECTIVES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS PRIVATE SECTORS PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ACTIONS PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INHABITANTS RURAL POPULATION SAVINGS SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL POLLUTION SUSTAINABLE CAPACITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TAXATION TIMBER UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN CENTERS WASTE WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WEIGHTING SYSTEM WETLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1992292/poverty-reduction-strategies-environment-review-40-interim-full-poverty-reduction-strategy-papers-prsps http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18307

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Summary:	This review systematically assesses the focus of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on environment-related issues. A total of 40 Interim and full PRSPs from countries in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central and East Asia are reviewed. Four major questions: are posed: (i) What issues of environmental concerns and opportunities are identified in the PRSPs?; (ii) To what extent are poverty-environment causal links analyzed?; (iii) To what extent are environmental management responses and indicators put in place as part of the poverty reduction efforts?; and (iv) To what extent has the design and documentation of the process allowed for mainstreaming the environment? The review finds:: There is considerable variation across countries in the degree of mainstreaming: from a high score of 2.2 (Mozambique) to a low of 0.3 (Sao Tome Principe). Scores indicate the approximate level of attention given to environmental matters in the PRSPs. Some variation across countries is legitimate and to be expected, but there is no reason to believe that the lower scoring countries are free from concerns of environmental health and natural resources degradation linked to poverty. Finally, it should be recalled that a PRSP is only the written expression of an underlying and still emerging process of participation and implementation. What ultimately matters are the results on the ground, which cannot be evaluated across 40 countries at this point in time.

Poverty Reduction Strategies and Environment : A Review of 40 Interim and Full Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)

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