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

Around the world, it is increasingly being recognized that for sustainability goals to be reached, efforts need to go beyond compliance with standards and mitigation of adverse impacts, to identifying environmental sustainability as an objective of the development process. This requires a focus on policies that promote integration of environmental, sustainability, and climate change considerations into development strategies 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. In situations such as these, the recommendations of environmental assessment are often of little relevance unless there are constituencies that support them, and with 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 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.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2010-06-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, BANKS, BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES, DECISION MAKING, DEFORESTATION, DONOR COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, 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, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FORESTRY, FORESTS, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS, GOVERNANCE PROGRAM, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, INCOME, INITIATIVE, INVESTIGATIONS, JUSTICE, LAWS, LEADERSHIP, MEDIA, MINES, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, PARTNERSHIP, POLICY ACTION, POLICY AGENDA, POLICY CHANGE, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY DESIGN, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY DISCUSSION, POLICY FORMATION, POLICY FORMULATION, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY INTEGRATION, POLICY INTERVENTION, POLICY INTERVENTIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY MAKING, POLICY PROCESS, POLICY PROCESSES, POLICY REFORM, POLICY-MAKING, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RESOURCE USE, RIVER, RULES OF CONDUCT, SEA, SEAS, SET ASIDE, SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE POLICIES, TRADEOFFS, TRANSPARENCY, WATER RESOURCES,
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