The development objective of Water Supply Augmentation Project for Lebanon is to increase the volume of water available to the Greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon area. This report presents the results of...
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a tool for including environmental considerations into policies, plans, and programs at the earliest stages of decisionmaking. SEA extends the application of...
This issue, which serves as the annual review on the environment, looks at the Bank's work from July 2002 through June 2003, dedicated this year to Water and the Environment, on the occasion of the Fifth...
Environmental impact assessment, or EIA as it is known, is a procedures for evaluating the impact, proposed activities may have on the environment. In recent years, significant strides have been made to...
Convention to Combat Desertification. "Greening Industry" publication launch and seminar. NGO-World Bank committee meeting rescheduled. "Hotspots" launch. World Bank/WWW launch. World Bank/WWW high-level...
The fall issue of the annual review on the environment highlights the World Bank's work in FY98 in the promotion of sustainable use of resources. Each operational region and the International Finance Corporation...
This fall issue of the annual review on the environment looks back on the World Bank's environmental work in the fiscal year 1997, and highlights the upcoming challenges and opportunities. The lead article...
The study examines the environmental assessment (EA) review procedure in Sub-Saharan Africa, whose progress have been significant. Borrowers have accepted the Bank's operational directives and procedures...
The report outlines the principal outcomes of implementing the Renewable Energy Strategy for Africa (RESA), namely development benefits associated with the use of energy, and, increased market penetration...