Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance

Around the world, it is increasingly being recognized that for sustainability goals to be reached, efforts need to go beyond complying with standards and mitigating adverse impacts, to identifying environmental sustainability as an objective of the...

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Main Authors:	World Bank, University of Gothenburg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment
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Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY BANKS BENEFIT ANALYSIS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES EXPLOITATION FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES INCOME INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATIONS JUSTICE LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEDIA MINES MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP POLICY ACTION POLICY AGENDA POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DESIGN POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY FORMATION POLICY FORMULATION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY INTEGRATION POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY PROCESS POLICY PROCESSES POLICY REFORM POLICY SCIENCES POLICY-MAKING POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC POLICIES REGIONAL POLICIES REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RIVER RULES OF CONDUCT SEA SEAS SET ASIDE SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE POLICIES TRANSPARENCY UTILITY ANALYSIS WATER RESOURCES
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spelling	okr-10986-25172021-04-23T14:02:02Z Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance World Bank University of Gothenburg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY BANKS BENEFIT ANALYSIS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES EXPLOITATION FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES INCOME INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATIONS JUSTICE LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEDIA MINES MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP POLICY ACTION POLICY AGENDA POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DESIGN POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY FORMATION POLICY FORMULATION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY INTEGRATION POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY PROCESS POLICY PROCESSES POLICY REFORM POLICY SCIENCES POLICY-MAKING POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC POLICIES REGIONAL POLICIES REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RIVER RULES OF CONDUCT SEA SEAS SET ASIDE SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE POLICIES TRANSPARENCY UTILITY ANALYSIS WATER RESOURCES Around the world, it is increasingly being recognized that for sustainability goals to be reached, efforts need to go beyond complying with standards and mitigating adverse impacts, to identifying environmental sustainability as an objective of the development process. This approach requires the integration of environmental, sustainability, and climate change considerations into policy and sector reform. Because sector reform brings about significant policy change involving adjustments in laws, policies, regulations, and institutions, it is a sensitive political process often driven by strong economic interests. Policy makers are subject to a number of political pressures that originate in vested interests. The recommendations of environmental assessment are often of little relevance unless there are constituencies that support them and have sufficient political power to make their voices heard in the policy process. While strong constituencies are important during the design of sector reform, they are even more important during implementation. It follows that effective environmental assessment in policy and sector reform requires strong constituencies backing up recommendations, a system to hold policy makers accountable for their decisions, and institutions that can balance competing and, sometimes, conflicting interests. 2012-03-19T09:35:29Z 2012-03-19T09:35:29Z 2011 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20101115234008 978-0-8213-8559-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2517 English Environment and Development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY BANKS BENEFIT ANALYSIS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES EXPLOITATION FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES INCOME INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATIONS JUSTICE LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEDIA MINES MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP POLICY ACTION POLICY AGENDA POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DESIGN POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY FORMATION POLICY FORMULATION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY INTEGRATION POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY PROCESS POLICY PROCESSES POLICY REFORM POLICY SCIENCES POLICY-MAKING POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC POLICIES REGIONAL POLICIES REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RIVER RULES OF CONDUCT SEA SEAS SET ASIDE SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE POLICIES TRANSPARENCY UTILITY ANALYSIS WATER RESOURCES
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY BANKS BENEFIT ANALYSIS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES EXPLOITATION FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES INCOME INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATIONS JUSTICE LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEDIA MINES MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP POLICY ACTION POLICY AGENDA POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DESIGN POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY FORMATION POLICY FORMULATION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY INTEGRATION POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY PROCESS POLICY PROCESSES POLICY REFORM POLICY SCIENCES POLICY-MAKING POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC POLICIES REGIONAL POLICIES REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RIVER RULES OF CONDUCT SEA SEAS SET ASIDE SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE POLICIES TRANSPARENCY UTILITY ANALYSIS WATER RESOURCES World Bank University of Gothenburg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance
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description	Around the world, it is increasingly being recognized that for sustainability goals to be reached, efforts need to go beyond complying with standards and mitigating adverse impacts, to identifying environmental sustainability as an objective of the development process. This approach requires the integration of environmental, sustainability, and climate change considerations into policy and sector reform. Because sector reform brings about significant policy change involving adjustments in laws, policies, regulations, and institutions, it is a sensitive political process often driven by strong economic interests. Policy makers are subject to a number of political pressures that originate in vested interests. The recommendations of environmental assessment are often of little relevance unless there are constituencies that support them and have sufficient political power to make their voices heard in the policy process. While strong constituencies are important during the design of sector reform, they are even more important during implementation. It follows that effective environmental assessment in policy and sector reform requires strong constituencies backing up recommendations, a system to hold policy makers accountable for their decisions, and institutions that can balance competing and, sometimes, conflicting interests.
format	Publications & Research :: Publication
author	World Bank University of Gothenburg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment
author_facet	World Bank University of Gothenburg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment
author_sort	World Bank
title	Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance
title_short	Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance
title_full	Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance
title_fullStr	Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance
title_full_unstemmed	Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance
title_sort	strategic environmental assessment in policy and sector reform : conceptual model and operational guidance
publisher	World Bank
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20101115234008 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2517
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Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform : Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance

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