Country Assistance Strategies and the Environment

This report is the outcome of a Country Assistance Strategy and Environment program that was started and aimed to identify practical constraints to incorporating environmental concerns into CASs and to develop a logical framework for doing so. The analysis is based on two key efforts: a review of CASs undertaken in fiscal year 1999, and five participatory case studies of on-going CASs. The report presents a set of practical actions to improve the environmental quality of CASs based on the learning that emerged from the case studies and the environmental review: 1) integrating environmental considerations into country activities; 2) linking environmental efforts to poverty reduction; 3) strengthening the information base; and 4) improving the CAS process. After the introduction, Chapter 2 presents a review of fiscal year 1999 CASs and ranks them according to their treatment of environmental issues. Regional differences are discussed, best practices examined, and recommendations made for future CASs. The methodology used for the review is described in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 discusses the CAS process in five countries - Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Zambia. The chapter then examines practical challenges to mainstreaming environmental issues. The last chapter identifies lessons learned and presents recommendations.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Shyamsundar, Priya, Hamilton, Kirk, Segnestam, Lisa, Sarraf, Maria, Frankhauser, S.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2001-07
Subjects:	COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY, ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, CASE STUDIES, POVERTY REDUCTION, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, CAPACITY BUILDING AIR POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY, BILATERAL DONORS, BIODIVERSITY LOSS, CAS, CAS PROCESS, CDF, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLEAN WATER, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, COUNTRY ASSISTANCE, COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES, COUNTRY CASE STUDIES, COUNTRY TEAMS, DEBT, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, ECONOMIC OUTCOMES, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS, ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES, ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, ESW, EXTERNALITIES, FINAL STEP, HIPC, INCOME, INTERVENTION, LEARNING, LIVELIHOOD, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE BASE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, NGO, PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POPULATION GROWTH, POVERTY DETERMINANTS, POVERTY IMPACTS, POVERTY OUTCOMES, POVERTY REDUCTION OUTCOMES, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, SAVINGS, SECTORAL OBJECTIVES, STREAMS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TASK MANAGERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WATER QUALITY, WELFARE GAINS, CAPACITY BUILDING, AIR POLLUTION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1570696/country-assistance-strategies-environment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18302
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