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...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1570696/country-assistance-strategies-environment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18302 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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