Learning Curves: ADB's Environmental Safeguards
Asian Development Bank | January 2007
Abstract
The ʺone size fits allʺ approach is not effective. It fails to add value in many cases. There is an overemphasis on procedural compliance. Not enough attention is paid to results delivery. There is a perverse incentive for ADB lending decisions to be actively directed to avoid financing projects that might trigger environmental procedures. Environmental safeguards and environmental enhancement are two sides of the same coin. One should not be overemphasized at the expense of the other. Mainstreaming may have inadvertently reduced the visibility of environmental issues within ADB activities. The quality of environmental assessments was found to be inconsistent and often did not reflect current international good practice.
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Asian Development Bank. 2007. Learning Curves: ADB's Environmental Safeguards. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3354. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Work Environment
Urban Environment
Social Environment
Regulatory Environments
Marine Environment
International Environmental Relations
Institutional Environment Assessment
Global Environment
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