Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis

The objective of this paper is to review experience with completed country environmental analysis (CEAs) to improve the effectiveness of CEAs as a strategic analytical tool. Through in-depth analysis of the process, methodologies, costs, and result...

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Main Author:	Pillai, Poonam
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ABUSE ACCOUNTABILITY ACTUAL COSTS ADVERSE EFFECTS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS AVERAGE COSTS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIODIVERSITY CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL AMERICA CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL WAR CLEAN AIR CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COST SAVINGS CULTURAL PRACTICES DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROCESSES ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY PRICE ENERGY SAVINGS ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMISTS ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ETHNIC GROUPS EXISTING RESOURCES EXTERNALITIES FIELD VISITS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISHERIES FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD SECURITY FORESTRY FUEL FUEL OIL GAS FLARING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES GLOBAL WARMING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH RISKS HEALTHY LIFE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL ILLNESS INCENTIVE STRUCTURES INCOME INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INVESTMENT SPENDING LAND DEGRADATION LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LAWS LEGAL MEASURES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY MANDATES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORTALITY MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATURAL ASSETS NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NET SAVINGS OIL OIL PRODUCTION OIL SECTOR POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY MAKERS POLICY PROCESS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLLUTANTS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POWER RELATIONS PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE RATE OF GROWTH REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESOURCE CONSERVATION RESOURCE FLOWS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RESPECT SANITATION SAVINGS SAVINGS PROGRAMS SOIL DEGRADATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRUST FUNDS URBAN AIR POLLUTION URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENT USE OF RESOURCES VULNERABILITY WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9081360/strengthening-policy-dialogue-environment-learning-five-years-country-environmental-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18384

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Summary:	The objective of this paper is to review experience with completed country environmental analysis (CEAs) to improve the effectiveness of CEAs as a strategic analytical tool. Through in-depth analysis of the process, methodologies, costs, and results of completed CEA pilots, the paper assesses how effective CEAs have been in informing and providing strategic guidance to the Bank and client countries on environment-development issues and the extent to which they have facilitated donor coordination. The analysis carried out in this paper also provides feedback on when to prepare a CEA, how to prepare and structure CEAs, and how to use specific methodologies and processes in influencing policy dialogue with partner countries. The findings are of potential interest to World Bank sector managers, country directors, CEA task teams, and environmental staff, but also to development partners who carry out work similar to CEAs. The paper is based on a desk review of completed CEAs and on interviews with task managers and members of CEA teams. Several reports, including a fieldwork-based assessment of the Ghana, India, and Guatemala CEAs commissioned by the Environment Department; a review on Tunisia by the Quality Assurance Group (QAG); and a report commissioned by the Latin America and Caribbean Region, based on in-country assessments of completed CEAs, have also informed this study. A detailed case study analysis of each completed CEA was prepared for this exercise; it substantively informed the review and is available as a background paper. The original CEA concept note proposed that CEAs have three main building blocks: (a) establishment of environment-development priorities linked with growth and poverty reduction, (b) assessment of the environmental implications of sector policies, and (c) institutional analysis. Assessing CEAs against this building block structure, the review highlights several findings.

Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis

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