Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion

Since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, Guatemala has made substantial progress in consolidating peace and democracy. While progress in socioeconomic development has been uneven, there have been important gains in education and health cover...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENT DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WATER SCARCITY WATER POLLUTION AIR QUALITY DEFORESTATION LAND DEGRADATION NATURAL DISASTER BIODIVERSITY SOLID WASTE INSTITUTIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS PORTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/356941468033564451/Guatemala-Country-environmental-analysis-addressing-the-environmental-aspects-of-trade-and-infrastructure-expansion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33927

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spelling	okr-10986-339272021-04-23T14:01:58Z Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion World Bank ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENT DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WATER SCARCITY WATER POLLUTION AIR QUALITY DEFORESTATION LAND DEGRADATION NATURAL DISASTER BIODIVERSITY SOLID WASTE INSTITUTIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS PORTS Since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, Guatemala has made substantial progress in consolidating peace and democracy. While progress in socioeconomic development has been uneven, there have been important gains in education and health coverage, sustained increases in social sector spending, improved coverage of basic utility services, and better management of public finances, among other gains. Unfortunately, progress has been slower than expected in several important areas, including economic growth rates. Based on the best regional and international practices, this report concludes that mainstreaming environmental considerations into sectoral policies rather than scaling-up the operations of environmental agencies is the best way to prepare Guatemalan institutions for current environmental challenges and those it will encounter in the future. The report also emphasizes the need to provide the right incentives to economic agents (e.g., promoting compliance through achievable requirements but with credible sanctions to violators, rather than trying to change behavior by threatening with criminal charges that are ultimately not enforced), and to engage civil society by improving information and participation mechanisms. 2020-06-17T15:51:01Z 2020-06-17T15:51:01Z 2006-06-22 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/356941468033564451/Guatemala-Country-environmental-analysis-addressing-the-environmental-aspects-of-trade-and-infrastructure-expansion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33927 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Country Environmental Analysis Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala
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topic	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENT DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WATER SCARCITY WATER POLLUTION AIR QUALITY DEFORESTATION LAND DEGRADATION NATURAL DISASTER BIODIVERSITY SOLID WASTE INSTITUTIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS PORTS
spellingShingle	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENT DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WATER SCARCITY WATER POLLUTION AIR QUALITY DEFORESTATION LAND DEGRADATION NATURAL DISASTER BIODIVERSITY SOLID WASTE INSTITUTIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS PORTS World Bank Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion
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description	Since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, Guatemala has made substantial progress in consolidating peace and democracy. While progress in socioeconomic development has been uneven, there have been important gains in education and health coverage, sustained increases in social sector spending, improved coverage of basic utility services, and better management of public finances, among other gains. Unfortunately, progress has been slower than expected in several important areas, including economic growth rates. Based on the best regional and international practices, this report concludes that mainstreaming environmental considerations into sectoral policies rather than scaling-up the operations of environmental agencies is the best way to prepare Guatemalan institutions for current environmental challenges and those it will encounter in the future. The report also emphasizes the need to provide the right incentives to economic agents (e.g., promoting compliance through achievable requirements but with credible sanctions to violators, rather than trying to change behavior by threatening with criminal charges that are ultimately not enforced), and to engage civil society by improving information and participation mechanisms.
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title	Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion
title_short	Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion
title_full	Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion
title_fullStr	Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion
title_full_unstemmed	Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion
title_sort	republic of guatemala country environmental analysis : addressing the environmental aspects of trade and infrastructure expansion
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/356941468033564451/Guatemala-Country-environmental-analysis-addressing-the-environmental-aspects-of-trade-and-infrastructure-expansion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33927
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Republic of Guatemala Country Environmental Analysis : Addressing the Environmental Aspects of Trade and Infrastructure Expansion

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