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
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Pillai, Poonam
Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis
relation Environment department papers;no. 114. Institutions and governance series
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Pillai, Poonam
author_facet Pillai, Poonam
author_sort Pillai, Poonam
title Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis
title_short Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis
title_full Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis
title_fullStr Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis
title_sort strengthening policy dialogue on environment : learning from five years of country environmental analysis
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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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spelling okr-10986-183842021-04-23T14:03:34Z Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis Pillai, Poonam 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 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. 2014-05-22T17:15:03Z 2014-05-22T17:15:03Z 2008-02 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 English en_US Environment department papers;no. 114. Institutions and governance series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research