Assessing the environmental, forest, and other natural resource aspects of development policy lending
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30/11/2008
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The World Bank
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