Assessing the environmental, forest, and other natural resource aspects of development policy lending
This toolkit facilitates systematic analysis of direct and indirect effects of development policy reforms on the natural environment and natural resources. It provides a framework and guidance for rapidly assessing environmental, forestry, and natural resource issues at the program concept design stage of the lending activity. The specific objectives are to: organize and evaluate different tools, both qualitative and quantitative, for a rapid assessment of likely significant effects of specific economic policies envisaged in the DPL operations and other development policies on the environment, forests, and other natural resources. Provide a framework for the tools to enable the user to choose those that are appropriate for evaluating the effects of specific policy reforms on a country