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The World Bank Group and the Environment Fiscal 1996
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Managers of the World Bank Group's Environment Program
World Bank Environment Department: Director: Andrew Steer Sr. Science Advisor: Robert Watson Sr. Environmental Advisor: Ken Newcombe Sr. Social Advisor: Michael Cernea
Land, Water & Natural Habitats, ENVLW Chief: Colin Rees
Global Environment (including GEF and MP operations coordination) ENVGC Chief: Lars Videaus
Social Policy, ENVSP Chief: Gloria Davis
Pollution & Environmental Economics, ENVPE -Technology and Pollution Policy Chief: Richard Ackermann -Indicators and Environmental Valuation Chief: John Dixon
Environmental Law Unit, LEGEN: David Freestone Environmental Research, PRDEI: Zmarak Shalizi, David Wheeler
Chiefs of Regional Units: Asia: Maritta Koch-Weser Africa: Cynthia Cook Europe & Central Asia/Middle East & N. Africa: Anand Seth Latin America & the Carib.:William Partridge
International Finance Corporation Technical & Environment Department: Director: Andreas Raczynski Environment Division Manager: Martyn Riddle
1997 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A.
All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing April 1997
This report has been prepared as a study by the World Bank's staff, and the judgments made herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Executive Directors or of the countries they represent. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this volume do not imply on the part of the World Bank any judgment on the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.
The World Bank Group includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), commonly known as the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The document reflects the environmental agendas for the entire Bank Group.
The text is printed on recycled paper that exceeds the requirements of the 1988 guidelines of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, section 6002 of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act. The paper stock contains at least 50 percent recovered waste paper material as calculated by fiber content, of which at least 10 percent of the total fiber is postconsumer waste, and 20 to 50 percent of the fiber has been deinked.
Printed on Recycled Paper
ISBN 0-8213-3579-0 ISSN 1014-8132
Cover: Fishermen cast nets at sunrise on the Ubangui River on the ZaireCentral Africa Republic border. Photograph by Maurice Asseo
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CONTENTS
Foreword
1
Reflections
Maurice Strong
3
Overview
4
Regional Reviews
Africa
8
Support for sustainable resource management in the region has become an imperative, as it faces the world's fastest population growth and increasing reliance on its natural resource base.
East Asia & the Pacific and South Asia
12
Regional activities reflect a commitment to tackle widespread urban pollution and natural resource degradation, the results of economic growth without equitable environmental stewardship.
Europe & Central Asia
16
As vehicle pollution increases and previously well maintained infrastructure deteriorates, the region is working to maintain the environmental improvements it has achieved since the former Soviet Union's break-up.
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