Managing the Environmental and Social Impacts of Major Road Investments in Frontier Regions: Lessons from the Inter-American Development Bank's Experience

The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio-culturally diverse "frontier" regions have been identified and addressed in various parts of South and Central America. This was done through a set of specific case studies for completed and ongoing Bank-supported projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama and Peru. In doing so, experience and lessons learned with respect to various parts of the project cycle -- design/preparation, up-front environmental assessment, implementation/supervision, and monitoring and evaluation -- are considered, as are the analysis and management of direct, indirect and cumulative environmental and social impacts. The present paper summarizes the main findings and recommendations from this series of county case studies.

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Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: John Redwood
Format: Technical Notes biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:Urban Development, Environmental Policy, Disaster, Pollution, Heritage Conservation, Water Supply and Sanitation, Biodiversity, Natural Resources Management, Q51 - Valuation of Environmental Effects, Q56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth, R42 - Government and Private Investment Analysis • Road Maintenance • Transportation Planning, road improvement projects, ecologically sensitive areas, economic, social and environmental impacts, risk mitigation,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009052
https://publications.iadb.org/en/managing-environmental-and-social-impacts-major-road-investments-frontier-regions-lessons-inter
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