Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations

The Hydropower Sustainability Tools (HSTs) are a suite of assessment tools and guidance documents developed by a multi-stakeholder forum, aimed at driving continuous improvement in hydropower development and operations. They are useful beyond their...

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Main Author:	Lyon, Kimberly
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	HYDROPOWER GREEN FINANCING DAMS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/948231610524820276/Using-the-Hydropower-Sustainability-Tools-in-World-Bank-Group-Client-Countries-Lessons-Learned-and-Recommendations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35018

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spelling	okr-10986-350182021-04-23T14:02:14Z Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations Lyon, Kimberly HYDROPOWER GREEN FINANCING DAMS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY The Hydropower Sustainability Tools (HSTs) are a suite of assessment tools and guidance documents developed by a multi-stakeholder forum, aimed at driving continuous improvement in hydropower development and operations. They are useful beyond their original purpose as audit tools and can be used in World Bank Group (WBG) client countries to build capacity for sustainable hydropower. The environmental, social, and governance topics addressed by the HSTs are deliberately aligned with WBG frameworks, which provides opportunities for the tools to be used as complements to World Bank Group standards, including to help clients meet WBG requirements and support WBG staff in their due diligence and supervision. It is, however, important that WBG staff should give careful thought to selecting the tool that is most appropriate, given the nature and status of a project, and in a way that is consistent with policy requirements. The tools can also be used voluntarily by WBG client countries in the absence of WBG financing. The HSTs are widely regarded as useful reference tools and recognized as the best currently available measuring stick for principles of sustainable hydropower. 2021-01-14T20:53:40Z 2021-01-14T20:53:40Z 2020-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/948231610524820276/Using-the-Hydropower-Sustainability-Tools-in-World-Bank-Group-Client-Countries-Lessons-Learned-and-Recommendations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35018 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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description	The Hydropower Sustainability Tools (HSTs) are a suite of assessment tools and guidance documents developed by a multi-stakeholder forum, aimed at driving continuous improvement in hydropower development and operations. They are useful beyond their original purpose as audit tools and can be used in World Bank Group (WBG) client countries to build capacity for sustainable hydropower. The environmental, social, and governance topics addressed by the HSTs are deliberately aligned with WBG frameworks, which provides opportunities for the tools to be used as complements to World Bank Group standards, including to help clients meet WBG requirements and support WBG staff in their due diligence and supervision. It is, however, important that WBG staff should give careful thought to selecting the tool that is most appropriate, given the nature and status of a project, and in a way that is consistent with policy requirements. The tools can also be used voluntarily by WBG client countries in the absence of WBG financing. The HSTs are widely regarded as useful reference tools and recognized as the best currently available measuring stick for principles of sustainable hydropower.
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author	Lyon, Kimberly
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title	Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations
title_short	Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations
title_full	Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations
title_fullStr	Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations
title_full_unstemmed	Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations
title_sort	using the hydropower sustainability tools in world bank group client countries : lessons learned and recommendations
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/948231610524820276/Using-the-Hydropower-Sustainability-Tools-in-World-Bank-Group-Client-Countries-Lessons-Learned-and-Recommendations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35018
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Using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools in World Bank Group Client Countries : Lessons Learned and Recommendations

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